Fourteen-year-old Al is spending the summer on the shores of Ontario's James Bay with his eccentric archaeologist father. On their last day there, Al paddles his canoe awawy from the rocky, tree-lined shore and is strangely overtaken by a thickfog that disorients him. As the mist rolls over him, Al is startled to see a ship in the distance that he recognizes as the Discover, whose captain was the ill-fated Henry Hudson. Is it a ghostly apparition?

 

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Dundurn Group Ltd .

A self-proclaimed history addict, John Wilson writes historical fiction and non-fiction for kids, teens, and adults. He is the author of over 30 books, 300 articles and essays, and hundreds of book reviews. He lives in Lantzville on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.