TY - BOOK AU - O'Brien,Bill TI - Castaway: the diary of Samuel Abraham Clark, Disappointment Island, 1907 T2 - My story SN - 1869437500 PY - 2006/// CY - Auckland, N.Z. PB - Scholastic KW - Dundonald (Barque) KW - Children's fiction KW - Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc KW - Shipwrecks KW - Orphans KW - Diaries KW - Castaways KW - Auckland Islands (N.Z.) KW - Disappointment Island (N.Z.) KW - Children's stories, New Zealand KW - local N1 - Novel for children N2 - Life in the orphanage is often brutal and Sam decides to break away and work his passage to Sydney on a ship. From there he plans to go to America to find his brother. Unfortunately he chooses the ill-fated Dundonald to work his passage. Only weeks out from Sydney the Dundonald is wrecked and Sam is one of 15 sailors cast away on Disappointment Island. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary ER -