num_pages: 124
description: Michael travels to Scilly for his Great Aunt Laura's funeral and inherits her diary, which reveals the moving story of her childhood, the great storms and the discovery of Zanzibar.
language: English
title: The Wreck of the Zanzibar
titlecomplete: The Wreck of the Zanzibar
genres: Fiction, Historical, Family, Adventure, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Novels, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 2977
places: England, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Children's Novel, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Egmont