Synopses & Reviews
When the strange man who has been watching their house turns out to be the grandfather she has never seen, eleven-year-old Cessie couldn't be happier-at first sight. And she him. But then he has a stroke and actually has to come live with them.
Popsicle, as she calls him, is impossible to live with: moody, forgetful, clumsy. Only Cessie love shim and believes in him. So when he is sent off to a home for the elderly, she helps him escape. And plays first mate to him on a dramatic nighttime boat trip across the English channel to unravel a secret only the two of them know.
This Morpurgo story makes the reader want to cheer: young people, the elderly, and courage at any age.