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Times have moved on and in this final part of the trilogy Donny is aware that the mysterious red-and-white schooner which he sees stealthily leaving its mooring is a serious threat to his family. Even a dramatic dash across the North Sea might not be enough to save them. In a seemingly unconnected thread, fourteen-year-old Min leaves his village on the first part of a journey which he hopes will take him to England. He's in search of his mother who left the village seven years before.
First - you could read this book without having read either of the first two books: you'd catch up eventually but it wouldn't be half as much fun as starting at [[Strong Winds Trilogy: The Salt-Stained Book by Julia Jones and Claudia Myatt|the beginning]]. It's a rich, multi-faceted story and it would be a pity to miss out on any of it. Primarily it's a thriller, but the series has never fought shy of taking on the big issues. This time it's people-trafficking and Julia Jones doesn't patronise her readers. Descriptions and events are not gratuitously violent, but Julia Jones she doesn't pull any punches about the evils of this trade. It's likely to provoke a lot of discussion.
It's a real talent to be able to develop a character, particularly of a boy in his early teens, over a trilogy but Donny comes off the page brilliantly. He's growing up and becoming more responsible. He's capable of working out what's to be done in a logical manner and he childish tantrums are a thing of the past. Well - when he does get into a strop he's quite capable of doing something unbelievably stupid and life threatening. It's not just Donny either - I can't think of a single character, old or young, male or female whom I failed to connect with.
