Prison Ship (30 page)

Text copyright © 2006 by Paul Dowswell
Illustrations copyright © 2006 by Peter Bailey

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First published in the United States of America in November 2006
by Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
Electronic edition published in October 2012
www.bloomsburykids.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dowswell, Paul.
Prison ship : adventures of a young sailor / by Paul Dowswell. — 1st U.S. ed.
p. cm.

Summary: After being framed for cowardice in a sea battle, thirteen-year-old Sam and his
friend Richard are sent to Australia, where they must fight for their lives in the outback.
1. Australia—History—19th century—Juvenile fiction. [1. Australia—History—
19th century—Fiction. 2. Great Britain—History—19th century—Fiction.
3. Napoleonic Wars, 1800–1815—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.D7598Pr 2006 [Fic]—dc22 2006007275

ISBN 978-1-61963-019-2 (e-book)