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We all knew what was going to happen.  We'd seen it before.  A ship about to founder staggers before she falls.  A huge wave broke over her stern and she did not come upright again.

Life on the Isles of Scilly in 1907 is bleak and full of hardship.  Laura's twin brother, Billy, disappears, and then a storm devastates everything.  It seems there's little hope... that is unitl the Zanzibar is wrecked on the island's rocks and everything changes.

From author of War Horse comes this gripping historical adventure.  Winner of the Whitbread and Smarties awards.

For ages approx. 10 years+.

Paperback.