Book Description
for Strange Objects by Gary Crew
From the Publisher
On a school field trip, Steven accidentally discovers an iron pot containing a mummified hand and a crumbling book that turns out to be the diary of Wouter Loose, survivor of a 17th-century shipwreck. Steven begins to have visions that coincide with events in the diary . . . until he finally disappears. 1991 winner of the Australian prize for Children's Book of the Year.
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