Fiona Davie

Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king brings it to the attention of the Foreign Office in Whitehall. They decide to send Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne to re-establish friendly relations.

Story of a group of children and their efforts to prevent the War Office from closing their beloved beach to make a rocket-launching site.