Voyage of Slaves

Description:

Adrift in the Mediterranean Sea, Ben and his loyal dog, Ned--cursed by an avenging angel to roam the earth forever--fall into the clutches of the slave lord Al Misurata. Thus starts a roaring adventure, ranging from the Libyan coast to the Italian border. Continuing their adventures through space and time, Ben and his faithful dog, Ned, find themselves in the Mediterranean region in 1703, befriended by a troupe of traveling entertainers and relentlessly pursued by ruthless Barbary slave traders.

subjects: Adventure and adventurers,  Human-animal communication,  Slavery,  Space and time,  Fiction,  Dogs,  Orphans,  Flying Dutchman,  Juvenile fiction,  Sea stories,  Stowaways,  Shipwreck victims,  Historical Fiction,  Children's fiction,  Slavery, fiction,  Human-animal relationships, fiction,  Adventure and adventurers, fiction,  Orphans, fiction,  Space and time, fiction,  Heroes, fiction,  Dogs, fiction,  Angels, fiction,  Fantasy fiction