Her eyes widened as she understood. Then she said, ‘You’re right. Christopher can teach you. And so can I.’
They stared silently at the white trail that marked out the ship’s journey through the choppy ocean. Then they perched on the long bench with a hinged lid that ran along under the curtained windows of the deck cabins.
The bench with the words LIFE JACKETS written clearly on the top in large black letters.
Paul Jennings has written over one hundred stories and has won every Australian children’s choice book award. Since the publication of Unreal! in 1985, readers all around the world have loved his books. The top-rating TV series Round the Twist was based on a selection of his enormously popular short-story collections such as Unseen! In 1995 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to children’s literature and he was awarded the prestigious Dromkeen Medal in 2001.
www.pauljennings.com.au
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