A story that can inspire interesting discussion and activities in the classroom is Little Stowaway by Theresa Tomlinson and Jane Browne (Red Fox, 4.99). In it a fisherman's youngest son, John Robert, longs to join his father on a fishing trip to the North Sea.
One day he sneaks aboard the fishing boat when no one is looking and hides behind the coalbunker in the hold. The trawler leaves and the fishermen perform their daily tasks, ignorant of the presence on board of the little stowaway. The boy's initial excitement weakens as he becomes tired, cold and hungry. He chooses to remain hidden, despite rats running around him, but then the boat's cook discovers John Robert asleep. However, since the trawlermen cannot afford to return home without a catch, they continue on their way to deep fishing waters.
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