The Journal of Watkin Stench tells the story - from the viewpoint of the ship's rats - of the arrival of the First Fleet in Botany Bay, Australia. Much of it is drawn from the real journals of the young marine officer Captain Walter Tench in 1788, who commented on the rats - 'not only numerous, but formidable'. But here, it is the talkative young black rat, Watkin Stench,who records the antics of the humans.
A fast-moving, enjoyable story, based soundly on fact, Watkin Stench energetically conveys the ups and downs of the lives of the rats of the First Fleet.
Previously published by Lutterworth Press this revised edition appears for the first time in the Hodder Silver list.
- ISBN10 0340757337
- ISBN13 9780340757338
- Publish Date 19 October 2000 (first published 28 July 1988)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 May 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hachette Children's Group
- Imprint Hodder Children's Books
- Edition 2nd edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 144
- Language English