Tom O’Connor, a poor, adventurous boy lives with his mother and half sister at a tavern on the island of Nevis in 1639. He rescues a slave from drowning, learns he is prince, loses him, travels the Southern Hemisphere in search of him, and finally brings him home to Cape Verde, hoping for a grand reward. But by the time Tom discovers that the prince is really a fisherman’s son, the loss of reward doesn’t matter-his adventures have brought him no use for greed, and as he says, “a reckless regard for other people’s life and well-being.”

Related: Africa, Caribbean, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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• ISBN: 9780525471462
• Author: Reuter, Bjarne
• Translator: Nunnally, Tiina
• Published: 2003, Dutton Juvenile
• Themes: Adventure, Greed, island, Pirate, plantation, prince, Rescues, shipwreck, slave
• Descriptors: Africa, Caribbean, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
• No. of pages: 384