Recommended by
- Richard Branson — Listed in Richard Branson's own 'My Top 65 Books To Read In A Lifetime' published on Virgin.com source ↗
Summary
Arthur Ransome's 1930 children's novel, the first of twelve in the Swallows and Amazons series, in which the Walker children sail their dinghy Swallow to an island in the English Lake District for a summer of camping and exploration. They encounter the Blackett sisters in their boat Amazon, and the two crews declare a mock war that gives way to friendship, piracy, and a shared adventure. The book established a genre of self-reliant, outdoorsy British children's adventure that shaped generations of readers.