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The Journey to the End of the World (Joel Gustafsson Stories) (Paperback)

by Henning Mankell (Author), Laurie Thompson (Translator)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd (6 Mar 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1842706667
  • ISBN-13: 978-1842706664
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 196,230 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Mankell is as proficient a writer for teenagers as he is for adults."--Observer

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Joel is fifteen and has left school, wanting to become a merchant sailor and travel far away from his home town in Northern Sweden. But first he must face up to the past and meet his mother who ran off when he was little. After such a long time how will Joel and his dad cope with such a reunion and will Joel ever sail the seas as he dreams...?

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5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars is not enough to describe this book and this series, 21 April 2008
By Scully Bloke (Wiltshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is the 4th and final book in the series about young Joel Gustafson. It is an absolutely charming, witty, heart rending series that I would advise anyone of any age to read.

In this final book Joel is fifteen and has come to the end of his school years. Will he live his dream of him and his father Samuel leaving Northern Sweden for a life on a ship travelling on a Journey to the end of the world or will the letter telling him where his mum is now living change this. She left him when he was a baby and has never been in touch.

I cant tell you enough how much I enjoyed this series and this book. 5 stars is not enough. It absolutely moved me to tears, first book ever to do this.

Henning Mankell is a craftsman writer and this short series is his writing at the pinnacle of his skills.

For reader information the previous books in the series are as follows:-
First:- A bridge to the stars
Second:- Shadows in the twilight
Third:- When the snow fell
Fourth:- The Journey to the end of the world

Read and enjoy them, I promise you will not be dissapointed.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Cold Story, 6 Dec 2008
By Michael Ward (Oxford, England) - See all my reviews
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The Joel Gustafsson Series consists of five books, of which this is the final, describing the coming of age of this young lad growing up in the cold and damp in central Sweden. It gets the atmosphere just right. Along with the weather his father is also cold, and this book describes their journey to Stockholm to look for Joel's mother, and their meeting. It is bittersweet. I didn't feel that this was Mankell's best, but not too far away. It's worth reading but only if you've followed the story so far.
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