One small kitten learns about the great big world as he sets sail with
his fellow shipmates, animal and human, in this historical fiction
intermediate reader.
Trim is eager to do a good job on his first day as ship's cat--but what
is his job? All around him, members of the crew are busy with their
responsibilities--too busy to notice a small kitten looking for an
opportunity to contribute. Jack the parrot directs Trim to the hold, to
patrol for rats. But Jack neglects to tell Trim exactly what a rat is.
Surely Princess Bea, the new friend he meets below deck, isn't a rat.
She doesn't resemble the creepy, scary-looking creature that Jack warned
Trim about and she's happy to have an assistant to fetch her biscuits
from the galley.