"Our best plan is to follow the shore," Rob said. "Then if we hear the plane coming we'll stand a chance of dashing for cover. . ." His paddle halted in mid-air and Nick saw him stiffen. A dark shadow slipped over the canoe and, right above, the plane glided out over the tips of the forest trees, the wind whining past its floats. It was so sudden and unexpected that for a moment Nick could only stare. And in that moment he saw the floats kiss the water, and a sheet of flying spray score up like diamond sparks against the sun. It came to a standstill a bare hundred yards away. . . Rob and Nick, two British Sea Scouts, are in Canada for an international jamboree. They cross the Atlantic on the same aircraft as a famous pop star, Colly Highball, whose glittering world seems very different from theirs. The Scouts long to leave the city and be in the real Canada, the Canada they have come to explore. But their dream comes true in a way they little expect. Within hours they are stranded in the backwoods, among the woods and lakes far to the north, putting their canoeing and woodcraft experience to good use - as they help Golly Highball against a band of vicious men who are holding him to ransom. K. M Peyton, author of many well-known books, including the Flambards saga, has that rare and unusual gift of combining the ordinary with the extraordinary. She makes The Hard Way Home an adventure story of more than usual appeal as Nick, Rob and Golly struggle not only against the kidnappers and their seaplane, but also against the perils of the wilderness; dark lakes; almost impenetrable forest; tiresome mosquitoes; angry moose and wild bears.

ISBN: 0 86391 087 4
176pp Hardback
Our RRP £7.25