He’s faked his own death, taken his father’s boat and fled across the perilous Cook Strait between the islands of New Zealand. Thirteen-year-old Bailey thinks he is escaping, but what awaits him will change his life forever.

When Bailey is shipwrecked on an Island he thinks he has found the sanctuary he dreamt of, a refuge away from the abuse of his stepfather, but has he really found paradise? Running out of food is bad enough, but soon a different fight for survival begins.

A gripping middle-grade novel about survival, trust and the belief that you can make things change.