We Didn’t Mean To Go To Sea

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Description

‘Like to spend a night in the Goblin?’The Swallows are staying on the Suffolk coast while they wait for their father to return home from China. But although the harbour is bursting with bobbing yachts, barges and steamers, this year there’s no chance of any sailing for the landlocked Swallows. That is until they rescue young Jim Brading and his boat the Goblin from a sticky situation and to their delight are recruited as crew members. Mother agrees they can go, on one condition – they absolutely must not sail out past Beach End Buoy and into the open sea…

Additional information

Weight 0.496 kg
Dimensions 3.5 × 14.5 × 20.3 cm
by

Format

Hardback

Language

Pages

352

Publisher

Year Published

1983-10-20

Imprint

For Ages

9-11

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0224021230

This book is Ransome at the top of his form.

Other text

The book is a record of an uncovenanted voyage, which ended in Holland, of the rain and wind, the darkness and the wild water, the escapes from buoys and from ships crossing in the night, the courage and resource of the children.

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