Ming and Flo Fight for the Future_Extract

CHAPTER 1

THE DAUGHTER OF TIME

The deck lurched as the wrecked ship sank. ‘We need to use the goat droppings, sir!’ gasped Jonathon. Captain Cook stared at the young man. ‘Goat droppings?’ Down in the hold sailors screamed as the water rose …

Ming Qong could feel the bite of the coral that had shattered the Endeavour on the Great Barrier Reef. She could even smell the goat droppings. If only she were there … ‘The dry droppings absorbed water to seal the sail

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