THE SAND CLOCKER (Spanish Armada Stowaway)

By Jack Scoltock

Tomas stared at his cousin. Diego's face was gaunt and almost as white as the flapping sails. His uniform, creased and stained with vomit, hung on him. He looked like a scarecrow.
"Tomas," gasped Diego. "How?" He forced a smile.
Tomas saw his teeth were yellow. He also saw the lice crawling through his hair.
"I'm a Sand Clocker!" shouted Tomas, trying to make himself heard above the crashing waves.
Vilent storms, seasickness, raging battles, cannon-fire, scurvy and lice- life on board the Trinidad Valencera is terrifying and dangerous.
Will the two cousins reach the English coast alive?
Who will win the final great sea battle?
And can the Valencera ever hope to make it home again?
When Diego says those words: "I'm going to join the Armada" both his and Tomas's lives are changed- for ever.
A historical adventure from the author of, "Davey's Siege", "Patrick's Gift" and "Challenge of the Red Unicorn."

Jack Scoltock was one of the divers who found an Armada ship off the coast of Donegal in 1971.

The inspiration for this story was the finding of a small leather boot that was on board the shipwreck.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jack Scoltock
• Release date: Nov 23, 2014
• ISBN: 9781502287892

Jack Scoltock

Jack Scoltock is one of Irelands best fantasy writers for children of all ages.He was born in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1942. He is married with two grown-up children.Jack has many books on the Amazon, Smashwords and Draft2digital.A scuba diver for over forty years, Jack was one of the divers who found a Spanish Armada wreck in Donegal in 1971. Inspired by a small leather boot found on the wreck, Jack wrote one of his best historical stories about a boy who stows away on an Armada galleon. The Sand Clocker (Spanish Armada Stowaway), is one of Scoltock’s most popular history books.Now retired, Jack Scoltock spends his free time writing.Challenge of the Red Unicorn, Davey's siege (a siege of Derry story), Perry's Adventure, Justine's Secret Challenge, Seek the Enchanted Antlers, Back To Neverland, are among some of the best of Jacks stories.