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In the eighth book in Arthur Ransome's precious Swallows and Amazons series, the five Walker kids are left on the "desert island" by their parents with procedures for an extended stay and a clear chart to load in. Like all Ransome's books, this reaches once a genuine journey and a training in the practicalities of discovering - in this situation, of surveying the inlets, coves, mudflats, and estuaries of "Walker Island." Normally, you will find opponents to conquer (another family called "The Eels") and pals to generally meet (who else-but the smart "Amazons?"). And, as always, the kids get it done all alone.