![]() ![]() Some of the first episode's villains are developed as actively conspiring against heroes Donny and Skye, with the motive of exploiting illegal immigrants. Volume 2 A Ravelled Flag ĭonny and his growing number of allies are still battling the school and social services, but what first appeared to be immovable bureaucracy is gradually revealed to be criminal malice. Donny forms friendships with local children, "discovers his inborn prowess as a sailor" and evades a local police officer to find his great aunt. Following a car accident authorities place Donny in foster care and his mother in a psychiatric hospital. Plot summary Volume 1 The Salt-stained Book ĭonny Walker (aged 13) and his deaf mother Skye travel in a campervan to Shotley to meet Donny's long-lost great aunt Ellen. The books use adventure stories about sailing to provide action and structure amid developing themes of foster care, mental illness, disability and corrupt officialdom. The books reference many of the settings and characters of the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome. ![]() The Strong Winds series is a series of children's books written by English author Julia Jones. Book covers of the Strong Winds trilogy: The Salt-stained Book, A Ravelled Flag, Ghosting Home. ![]()
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