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ISBN: 9780099427223 - We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
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We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea

Arthur Ransome

ISBN: 9780099427223
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Random House Children's Publishers UK
Edition: New edition


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Susan and John promise their mother not to go sailing at night. However circumstances mean that promises can't always be kept. John, Susan, Titty and Roger find themselves fighting a night gale in the treacherous waters of the North Sea with only their sailing skills to help them.

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'Now Susan,' Mother said, 'And you too, John. No night sailing...No going outside the harbour...And back the day after tomorrow...Promise.' But promises can't always be kept. Within twenty-four hours John, Susan, Titty and Roger find themselves fighting a night gale in the treacherous waters of the North Sea, adrift and in the main shipping lanes. Suddenly, it's real adventure and only their sailing skills can help them now...
 
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