# A High Wind in Jamaica — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter introduces the Bas-Thornton children, particularly Emily, and their imaginative, unsupervised life on a decaying Jamaican plantation called Ferndale. It describes their games, their interactions with the loca
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/ii.md): On her tenth birthday, Emily explores a stream and discovers a hidden village of runaway slaves, which fills her with a sense of glory and adventure before she returns home to her family and birthday cake.
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/iii.md): After the earthquake, Emily and John revel in the sublime adventure. Emily dances, rides a pony into the sea, and feels she has survived the ultimate danger. The chapter then describes a visit to the Fernandez estate, Ex
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/iv.md): The Thornton children return home from Exeter, with Emily still absorbed by the earthquake while John fixates on ponies. A violent thunderstorm and hurricane devastate the estate, destroying huts, killing Sam, and ultima
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/i.md): The Thornton family prepares to send their children to England after a devastating hurricane destroys their home in Jamaica. The children, Emily, John, and the younger ones, are placed aboard a ship captained by the idea

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- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/v.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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