Castaways of the Flying Dutchman

A middle grade high seas adventure that becomes a 90s-style Angel Unaware trope mystery featuring a good-natured and apparently immortal pair of best friends helping folk. Features the banter, mysteries, and riddles familiar from Jacques' better-known Redwall series, but it does not quite reach the same heights of the best thereof. Still thoroughly enjoyable.

Excellent book for teenagers, and older who like reading adventure books for kids. Scary, in the good Brian Jacques way, not too safe, but reliable, in the good Brian Jacques way, nothing too traumatic happens, and everything is said in a way that makes one feel good about it. This is a story of the adventures of Neb or Ben and his dog companion Denmark, or Ned. Neb is a boy without a past. He is mute and was thrown into the sea, and then fished up by the cook of the Flying Dutchman, and named Nebuchadnezzar. Neb feeds a hungry young dog, barely more than a pup, and the youngsters stay together from that time.The crew of the Flying Dutchman is horrible, and so during a storm, an angel is sent to punish them, and the Flying Dutchman is doomed. Neb and Den are innocent, so the angel rescues them, and gives them a gift - a speech - and a mission - to wander around the world to help victims of horrible people.In this book, there are two adventures of the boy and the dog. The first one is more of a coming-of-age story, where he is healed from the Flying Dutchman experience. The second one is a mystery, where they are finding clues and treasures. Very nice. :-DReminds me of [b:Tordyveln flyger i skymningen 6665689 Tordyveln flyger i skymningen Maria Gripe https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1249163112l/6665689.SY75.jpg 71953].