New Zealand's first whaling station was set up in Fiordland, in the late
1820s.
Amongst the crew was a ten-year-old boy. This story is his imagined
journal of the year 1830, and although fiction, it is based on actual
events and is a realistic portrayal of conditions at the home.
Jack Fletcher is a typical boy in many ways but he faces life with
courage, humour and honesty.