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What is The Ship of Stolen Words about?

<B>A group of goblins steal a boy&rsquo;s ability to apologize in this lively middle-grade fantasy from Nebula Award-winning author Fran Wilde</B><BR /><BR /> No matter how much trouble Sam gets in, he knows that he can always rely on his magic word, &ldquo;sorry,&rdquo; to get him out of a pinch. Teasing his little sister too much? Sorry! Hurt someone&rsquo;s feelings in class? Sorry! Forgot to do his chores? So sorry! But when goblins come and steal his &ldquo;sorry,&rdquo; he can&rsquo;t apologize for anything anymore. To get his &ldquo;sorry&rdquo; back and stop the goblins from stealing anyone else&rsquo;s words, Sam will have to enter the goblins&rsquo; world and try and find the depository of stolen words.<BR /> There, he meets Tolver, a young goblin who&rsquo;s always dreamed of adventure. Tolver longs to use the goblin technology&mdash;which can turn words into fuel to power ships&mdash;to set off and explore, but his grandma warns him that the goblin prospectors will only bring trouble.<BR /> Together, Tolver and Sam will have to outsmart the cruel prospectors and save the day before Sam&rsquo;s parents ground him forever!<BR /> &nbsp;

Author

Fran Wilde

Publisher

Harry N. Abrams; Amulet Books

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781647003241

Subjects

Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure

Updated

2026-03-24