A Book Report on the Novel Issac Campion
Isaac Campion is a novel by Janni Howker, set deep in the heart of the British empire in Southern England around the town of Hard Acre, a fast growing industrial town over looked by the Campions Horse farm on the outskirts. The family had emigrated from Ireland and run a business that has been pat down for generations in the family.The book starts on the note of Isaac being rude to the local minister and running to see his brother Dan. Unfortunately after a foolish bet between sons of a rival family Dan the older brother of the three children dies in a terrible accident, much to the disgust of his loving father Samuel. Things don’t go great from there as the business isn’t doing as well as it could and with growing friction between the father and Isaac the middle son, it isn’t looking good. The family is hoping that their poor fortune will turn when a shipment of horses come over from Ireland that will lift the troubled times, but in a fierce storm it would appear they were lost to the sea with their crew. In an ending twist Isaac spots the ship moored and not sunk in the storm therefore ending the families recent hard times. The central character to the book and the characte
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Approximate Word count = 1257
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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