Fearless Author:Elvira Woodruff In 1703, when a storm brings down his father's boat, twelve-year-old Digory Beale sets off with his brother, walking across the wilds of Cornwall. They must get word of their father's fate—and their own. For if Father is dead, the boys can never go home again. — With no guide, no money, and no prospects, their journey is beset with ... more »problems—and plagued with nightmares of drowning on the treacherous Eddystone Reef. But all that is about to change, when a charming stranger, Henry Winstanley, takes them in. A fun-loving daredevil, inventor, and gadgeteer, Henry lives in a funhouse filled with robots, a roller coaster, and a dragon who snores.
As a monster storm—part hurricane, part cyclone, and part tornado—threatens Cornwall's coast, Digory finds himself on a mission with his fearless master to rescue a battered lighthouse on the Eddystone Reef. Will Digory be fearless enough to face his worst nightmare?« less