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When Christopher Columbus-wannabe Rupert Lilywhite decides to set sail & discover a new land
- it's all the rage in the fifteenth century
- Walter Bailey & his twelve-year-old nephew Hugo are employed as the ship's mapmakers. & when the sailors do eventually spot a mystery isl&, it is Walter & Hugo who are dispatched to investigate (nobody else can be bothered). Arriving on a beach of violet s&, the intrepid pair believe that they have found paradise... until Walter is picked off by a giant flying rat. But with the help of some weird & wonderful talking creatures, including Pigasus the flutterhog, Delphina the water-breathing merphin & Savage, the tiny but fearless mouse, Hugo is given a chance to save his uncle & put his mapmaking training to the test.

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