"The eight shipwrecked children of Chelon Island meet the dreaded captain Squale, a pirate and terror of the Vast Ocean. Their first combat leaves them in a terrible state: no food, lashed to the mast and with one of them missing. To escape the predicament, the children must fight mischievous and carnivorous monkeys, perform cunning feats of bravery and, most of all, confront the fierce pirates once more."--