Sea Change (Armstrong novel)
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Sea Change | |
Paperback edition, 1969 |
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Author | Richard Armstrong |
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Country | UK |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Children's novel |
Publisher | J. M. Dent & Sons |
Publication date | 1947 |
Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback) |
Pages | 222pp |
Sea Change is a 1947 children's book by Richard Armstrong, a seafaring adventure. It was the winner of the Carnegie Medal for 1948.[1]
[edit] Plot introduction
Cam Renton is a sixteen-year-old apprentice in the British Merchant Navy. Having had a year's experience at sea, he is on his third voyage, to Barbados. He is working towards his second mate's ticket, but has mixed feelings about a life at sea.