While playing pirates with his little sister and her cat in an old crate he finds on the beach, a young boy suddenly discovers that they are adrift on the sea and that he must somehow keep them all alive
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First published: London: Blackie, 1983
Winner Kathleen Fidler Award, 1983
Audience
For children
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Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers, 1985 shortlist