*This is my classic for the 2017 challenge.
John is a teenager trying to find his way. He lives in Moonfleet, where one of the main occupations is smuggling goods. He wants to make something of himself, and one night he goes hunting for treasure. What he ends up with is the beginning of an adventure he'll never forget. He also has feelings for a young woman named Grace, who is the daughter of an important man in town.
The story started out a little slow in my opinion. It felt like John kept saying "this is the moment that changed my life" but I didn't necessarily see why until later. After the slow start, I found that I enjoyed the story. I would label it bittersweet overall, but there is a happy ending in there eventually. There's a lot of sadness and bad choices to get through first.
I'm not usually a treasure story kind of person, but this one was really interesting. I'd never heard of it before but was glad I found it. Good Book!
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