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Rufkin's travels in four parts : a tale of Fontania
by Barbara Else ; with illustrations by Sam Broad
335 pages
illustrations
New Zealand author
Summary: Rufkin must learn to try harder. He is sent to work in a salvage yard, where vicious cave lizards lurk in the mud, among rusting ship hulks saved for scrap. When he hears a small voice cry “Help!” from the riverbank mangroves, Rufkin and his reluctant new neighbour, Nissy, are caught up in a perilous sea adventure that threatens to bring the end-of-days. Rufkin, the boy who suffers stage-fright, is suddenly centre stage: the only one who can right an ancient wrong and save the kingdom. (Publisher)
Tales of Fontania