Powder Monkey

One minute Jack is zapping aliens on his keypad - the next, he's fetching powder for the 32-pound guns on board HMS Victory.

The year is 1805 and Jack, a reluctant time traveller, is stuck in the middle of preparations for one of the most famous sea battles ever fought: Trafalgar.

Jack learns about life aboard Nelson's flagship the hard way; eating maggoty ship's biscuits, trying to stay in a hammock and climbing to the mast head in a raging storm.

The tension mounts as the Victory advances on the enemy fleet, and the dreadful realisation dawns on Jack...Nelson's ship will be first to taste the French guns.

With fire, blood and smoke on every page, Powder Monkey brings to life all the excitement, sweat and terror of life at sea on a Georgian gun ship.

Suitable for reading age 9 and interest age 9 - 13.