num_pages: 138
description: It is 1840 and Jamie Fenton has accompanied his father, who has emigrated as a ship's doctor, to Sydney. Soon after their arrival their ship is highjacked by pirates and taken to New Zealand where they escape by swimming ashore. After many adventures Jamie's father decides to stay and partner with Dr Mac.This novel effectively captures the atmosphere of Sydney in the 1840s and of the early New Zealand settlements.
language: English
title: Surgeon's Boy
titlecomplete: Surgeon's Boy
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Spindlewood