Castaway : the diary of Samuel Abraham Clark, Disappointment Island, 1907 / written by Bill O'Brien.

By:

O'Brien, Bill, 1946- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: My story | My New Zealand storyPublication details: Auckland, N.Z. : Scholastic, 2006.Description: 207 pages; illustrations; 19 cmISBN:

1869437500 (pbk.) :

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Genre/Form:

Children's stories, New Zealand.

DDC classification:

NZ823.3 22

Summary: Life in the orphanage is often brutal and Sam decides to break away and work his passage to Sydney on a ship. From there he plans to go to America to find his brother. Unfortunately he chooses the ill-fated Dundonald to work his passage. Only weeks out from Sydney the Dundonald is wrecked and Sam is one of 15 sailors cast away on Disappointment Island. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Young Adult	Waimate Stack/Library office	Children &Young Adults Section	MyS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	STACK		A00554087

Novel for children.

Life in the orphanage is often brutal and Sam decides to break away and work his passage to Sydney on a ship. From there he plans to go to America to find his brother. Unfortunately he chooses the ill-fated Dundonald to work his passage. Only weeks out from Sydney the Dundonald is wrecked and Sam is one of 15 sailors cast away on Disappointment Island. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.

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