Carley Dawson 3 hr 50 min read

Numb with grief, young Chris Mason wanders Georgetown to Mr. Wicker's curious antique shop, and steps through its window into eighteenth-century adventure on the high seas.

Carley Dawson's 1952 children's fantasy, illustrated by Lynd Ward, is a rich time-travel adventure of magic and the sea. Vivid, atmospheric, beloved juvenile fantasy. Read it for a wonderful storybook journey where a sorcerer's shop becomes a doorway into a perilous historical past.

In its time

Published in 1952, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

3 hr 50 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

Lynd Ward