Title: The Doldrums
Description: An eccentric like all Helmsleys, eleven-year-old Archer escapes his overprotective mother and recruits two friends, Oliver and Adelaide, to help him plan a rescue of his long-lost grandparents, world-famous explorers who disappeared atop an iceberg in the Antarctic.
Subjects: Museums, Explorers, Humorous stories, Eccentrics and eccentricities, Friendship, Family life, Fiction, Children's fiction, Family life, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Explorers, fiction, Museums, fiction, Juvenile fiction, Search and rescue operations, Parental overprotection, Grandparents, JUVENILE FICTION, Social Issues, Family, General (see also headings under Social Issues), Humorous Stories