Book description
Jem's world has been turned upside down by a family crisis, and then it
gets worse. Just when it all seems too hard, along comes Ella, Jem0's
great-aunt, who's also a solo round-the-world sailor. She decides that
what Jem, his sister Maddy and brother Tyler need is a sea change. But
is seasickness the only thing that Jem adds to his list of woes?What's
the mystery that Ella is chasing? Why does Jem keep having strange and
troubling dreams, and what could they mean? And who is stalking them
all? Joanne van Os was born in 1955, and grew up in Melbourne. Her
first book, OUTBACK HEART, is a best-selling memoir about life with her
first husband, the 'Real Crocodile Dundee' Rod Ansell, mustering wild
cattle and buffalo and living a 19th century lifestyle in remote parts
of the Northern Territory, and his tragic end in 1999. She followed this
book with three children's novels, all set in the far north of Australia
and written for the 10 - 14 age group. She lives with her husband Lex
Silvester on a yacht in Darwin, NT, and continues to write. Her most
recent novel, THE SECRET OF THE LONELY ISLES, was published in February
2011.
