An action-packed fictional telling of the events on the HMS Bounty.
Fourteen-year-old
  John Jacob Turnstile has gotten into trouble with the police on one 
too  many occasions and is on his way to prison when an offer is put to 
him -  a ship has been refitted over the last few months and is about to
 set  sail with an important mission. The boy who was expected to serve 
as the  captain’s personal valet has been injured and a replacement must
 be  found immediately. The deal is struck and Turnstile finds himself  
onboard, meeting the captain, just as the ship sets sail. 
The ship is the HMS Bounty, the captain is William Bligh, and their destination is Tahiti. 
Mutiny on the Bounty
 is the first novel to explore all the events relating to the Bounty’s  
voyage, from their long journey across the ocean to their adventures on 
 the island of Tahiti and the subsequent forty-eight-day expedition  
towards Timor. A vivid recreation of the famous mutiny, the story is  
packed with humour, violence, and historical detail, presenting a very  
different portrait of Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian than has been  
shown before.
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