Alone on a wide wide sea /
Michael Morpurgo.
- 312 pages : maps ; 20 cm
Part 1: The story of Arthur Hobhouse -- Part 2: The journey of Kitty Four.
When orphaned Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia after WWII, he loses his sister, his country and everything he knows. The coming years test him to his limits, as he endures mistreatment, neglect and forced labour in the Australian outback. But, Arthur is saved, again and again, by his love of the sea.
9780007230587
GBA722006 bnb
013698926 Uk
Orphans--Australia--Juvenile fiction. Yachts--Design and construction--Juvenile fiction. Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction. Immigrants--Australia--Juvenile fiction. Yachts--Juvenile fiction.