Annoying boy suffers mild discomfort in the boat of plenty. Story starts off well enough, with cute religious confusions in a zoo. The whole thing sinks along with the ship, as it becomes fairly dreadful. Gah, just shoot the flare gun in the stupid tiger's face already, for heavens sake! The usual lost as sea drama ensues, as the boy tries to stay alive, with makeshift innovation and luck. The book is in stasis for the longest time and at the end tries to be all clever clever, but it doesn't work.

Sure it can be marketed as an inspiring tale of uncanny survival, but that would ignore the cheap stolen scenes that never ring true. Very tiresome and vanilla. This isn't a book, it's pure product. The writing itself is mediocre at best.

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