Jamrach's menagerie

Description:

Jaffy Brown is running through the London backstreets when he comes face to face with the escaped circus animal. His life is transformed by the encounter. Plucked from the jaws of death by Mr Jamrach, the two strike up a friendship. Before he knows it, Jaffy finds himself on board a ship bound for the South Seas.

subjects: Boys,  Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks,  Male friendship,  Whaling,  Sailors,  Exotic animals,  Fiction,  Shipwreck survival,  Explorers,  Seafaring life,  Animal specialists,  Fiction, sea stories,  Fiction, action & adventure,  Friendship, fiction,  England, fiction

Places: England