The Wreck of Zanzibar by Morpurgo Michael

Age :7-11

Life on the Scilly Isles in 1907 is bleak and full of hardship. Lauras twin brother, Billy, disappears and then a storm devastates everything. It seems that theres little hope, that is until the Zanzibar is wrecked on the islands rocks and everything changes. Paperback , 112 pages Published August 31st 2007 by Egmont UK Ltd. (first published January 1st 1995)