Publisher's Synopsis
As ten-year-old Umberto and his father are on their way from Italy to America in 1892, the father is thrown into the ship's brig and Umberto must fend for himself.
About the Publisher
Puffin is the UK's leading publisher of children's books and one of its best-loved brands. The publishing programme spans novelty books for the very young and picture books through to teenage fiction, and poetry and non-fiction through to film and TV tie-ins. Puffin publishes an award-winning range of bestselling authors including Janet & Allan Ahlberg, Eric Carle, Eoin Colfer, Roald Dahl, Anne Fine, Dick King-Smith and Melvin Burgess.
