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Pete, a timid eleven-year-old who has made friends with an adventurous girl, hides out on Cutlass Island with his alcoholic father, waiting for the gunman his father fears will kill him
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When his father is terrified by the expected arrival of a mysterious man, Pete, with the help of his new friend Rootie, meets every ferryboat throughout the summer, until he learns the truth about his father's fear. Reprint.
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