[Far-Flung Adventures 01] • Fergus Crane

"FERGUS CRANE YOU ARE IN GREAT DANGER I AM SENDING HELP.

Signed T. C., your long-lost Uncle Theo

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Fergus Crane has an almost ordinary life-having lessonstaught by rather odd teachers on the school ship "Betty Jeanne "and helping his mother in the bakery. But then a mysterious flying box appears at the window of his waterfront home and Fergus is plungedheadlong into an exciting adventure The box is followed by a winged mechanical horse that whisks him off to meet his long-lost uncle and his penguin helpers, Finn, Bill, and Jackson. Fergus finds out that his teachers arenot quite what they seem- they're actually pirates Can Fergus and his winged horse save his schoolmates on the far-off Fire Island? And who else will he findthere? "From the Hardcover edition."