Sprat Morrison is the high-spirited tale of the adventures of a small boy growing up in the hills above Kingston, Jamaica. The lively sequence of episodes in his life will have young teenage readers chorusing, 'It could only happen to Sprat!' as we follow his escapades, heroics, failures and successes.

Sprat Morrison (Horizons)

Arts & Photography

D'Costa, Jean

History & Criticism

Hodder Education

'In two weeks we should have had Christmas, if the sickness had not come.'Ten children are left to fend for themselves when the matron of their orphanage dies during the pneumonia epidemic that is raging through Jamaica. Afraid they will be made to work in the labour camp, they decide to escape to the other side of the island. The perilous journey to Last Man Peak, with only their wits and courage to help them, was to change their lives forever. This tale traces their difficult and dangerous journey to reach Last Man Peak.

Escape to Last Man Peak (Horizons)

Voice in the wind (Horizons)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Longman Caribbean

The songs, sermons and other materials collected in this anthology thoroughly characterize and demonstrate the distinctive language and culture that developed when African and European exiles came together on the plantations of Jamaica. Accounts of planters, slave-trading captains, and other testimonies from both the colonial and indigenous population effectively illustrate the unfolding of this unique culture.

Voices in Exile: Jamaican Texts of the 18th and 19th Centuries

Literature & Fiction

Univ of Alabama Pr

This text sets out to recapture the Creole speech of early Jamaican society by analyzing rare 18th-century documents in their socio-historical contexts. This book is a companion volume to "Voices in Exile".

Language in Exile: Three Hundred Years of Jamaican Creole

Reference

Lalla, Barbara

Words, Language & Grammar

There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection celebrates these deep and vibrant stories, overflowing with life and acute observations about society. Sunrise Orphanage is a happy place until the great sickness comes to the country, when the ten orphan children are left to fend for themselves. Normal life breaks down, and people do what they can to survive. Threatened with being taken to a labour camp, the children's only alternative is a perilous journey across the island. Sanctuary awaits them at Last Man Peak, but will they be able to reach it? Unforeseen danger waits at every turn. No one can be trusted. The arduous trek would be challenging enough even without the need to avoid capture - capture which would mean the labour camp, or possibly something much worse. The journey, with only their wits and courage to help them, will change their lives for ever. Suitable for readers aged 11 and above.

Escape to Last Man Peak (Caribbean Modern Classics)

Children's Books

Education & Reference

Sprat Morrison follows the wonderful adventures of a bubbly young boy in Papine, a suburb of Kingston. Through a series of delightful episodes, we learn with Sprat, laugh with him, share in his discoveries, feel his disappointments and purr in his excitement, all the while knowing that, like Junjo, we're so happy to call him our friend.

Sprat Morrison

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