Shangeid To China Essay, Research Paper

The book is about a boy named Neil who came down to Liverpool to stay with his grandparents .

While Neil was there, he snuck out of the house and went to the waterfront.There he stopped to

admire a small clipper ship,the Dumfries. Neil was suddenly grabbed and dragged aboard the

ship.Then he was locked in a dark room . When he was finally let out , he discovered he was going

to be a cabin boy on the journey to China.When he arrived to China, Neil was trying to go back to

England by seeing if a ship was heading to England. After a long year living in China , he finally found

a way to go to England , he met Captain Bowers who was going to go to England , and who hired

Neil as a cabin boy .