AsummerofadventurewiththeSwallowsandAmazons.TheWalkerandBlackettchildrensurviveashipwreck,discoverasecretvalleyandcave,andgoonathrillingmountainhike.Onsummerholiday,theSwallows(John,Susan,TittyandRogerWalker)andtheAmazons(NancyandPeggyBlackett)meetuponWildCatIsland.Unfortunately,though,theAmazonshaveaproblem:theirGreatAuntMariahascometovisitandshedemandsthattheAmazonpiratesactlike“youngladies.“ThingsgetworsewhentheSwallowsdiscoveraveryhighhillthatjustbegstobeclimbed...HowtheAmazonsescapetheGreatAunt,arrangearendezvous,andmountanexpeditiontosleepunderthestarsonthesummitmakesaveryexcitingandsatisfyingstory.Friendship,resourcefulness,andsailing,too:ArthurRansome’sSwallowsandAmazonsserieshasstoodthetestoftime.Morethanjustgreatstories,eachonecelebratesindependenceandinitiativewithacolorful,largecastofcharacters.Swallowdale(originallypublishedin1931)isthesecondtitleintheSwallowsandAmazonsseries,booksforchildrenorgrownups,anyonecaptivatedbyaworldofadventureandimagination.
