Fifteen-year-old Conor is living with relatives in the Bay of Islands in the Far North of New Zealand. At school he learns about the ill-fated visit of the French explorer, Marion du Fresne, to the Bay in 1772 and of a buried bottle containing a letter claiming New Zealand for the King of France. Gripped by this account, Conor and his friend Kawiti embark on a sailing adventure in his cousin's yacht, Vagabond, to find the bottle and the letter.

On their return to school, a lesson about New Zealand's colonial past becomes heated, Kawiti is insulted and a fight breaks out in the playground. To escape punishment, the boys decide to run away on Vagabond. Conor's cousin, Michelle, insists on joining them and the three teenagers and their dog head for a secret lagoon on the island of Waewaetorea. Before long they realise that they are not alone on the island and their lives are endangered. Their survival will test all their wits and Michelle's sailing skills along with the power of Kawiti's ancestors.

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• Teen & Young AdultLiterature & FictionAction & AdventureSurvival Stories

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