<p><b>¿A rollicking, salty, breath of fresh air.¿ </b>Hilary McKay<br><b>¿Absolutely adored it!¿</b> Emma Carroll<br><b><br>By the celebrated author of <i>The Pear Affair</i> and<i> The Secret Starling ¿</i> Patch finds adventure on every deck of the ''floating palace'' she accidentally stows away on.</b><br><br><i>Liverpool, 1910</i><br><br>When Patch runs up the gangway of steamship, RMS <i>Glorious</i>, she isn''t planning to hang around. But if she leaves her hiding place the constable might catch her: sitting tight is worth the risk. Too late, she realises the ship is setting sail! Patch has become an accidental stowaway.<br><br>Luckily, Patch''s unconventional past has made her pretty fearless when it comes to fending for herself, and besides there are friends in high and low places to be made onboard.<br><br>But hiding away becomes less and less easy: her new friends urgently need her help and there''s a mystery that needs solving, all before they reach New York . . .<br><br>Wit