Jamrach's menagerie
By: Carol Birch
Edition: 1st Canadian ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto, Ontario
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9781443405164
Subjects: Boys; Fiction; Whaling; Sailors; Male friendship; Shipwreck survival; Explorers; Seafaring life; Animal specialists
Description: "1857: Jaffy Brown is running along a street in London's East End when he comes face to face with an escaped circus animal. As he is plucked from the jaws of death by Mr. Jamrach--explorer, entrepreneur and collector of the world's strangest creatures--the two strike up a friendship. Before he knows it, Jaffy finds himself on board a ship bound for the Dutch East Indies, on an unusual commission for Mr. Jamrach. His journey--if he survives it--will push faith, love and friendship to their utmost limits."--Cover flap.