Anton has recently lost both his parents so he is sent to an orphanage close to the docks in England. The life there is hard and cruel, so one day, he decides to try and stowaway on one of the ships heading for Australia. There he is protected by a mother who has lost one of her twin sons in a recent fire, and so he can pretend to be the woman's lost child. But what is the mystery behind Christopher's death, and will Max, the surviving son who has brain damage accept Anton into the family? A short book of just over 100 pages with illustrations with a twist at the end. ( )