Written By: Bill O'Brien
​​Narrated By: Jesse Park

Castaway: A Teenage Survivor’s Tale of Shipwreck and Resilience

A harrowing true story of shipwreck and survival in the unforgiving sub-Antarctic waters off New Zealand.
Thirteen-year-old Samuel signs on as a cabin boy, eager for adventure aboard a vessel bound for Sydney. But fate takes a cruel turn. On March 6, 1907, the barque Dundonald crashes and sinks off the desolate Disappointment Island, part of the Auckland Islands group south of New Zealand.
Fifteen souls survive the wreck, stranded on a remote island. Facing a brutal winter, they battle starvation, the elements, and despair, clinging to hope of rescue. Will they survive until help arrives?

It is 1981 and Martin senses big trouble brewing at home.
The South African rugby team has been invited to tour New
Zealand. Martin’s sister, Sarah, is out to stop the tour in protest
against South Africa’s racist apartheid system. His rugby-mad
dad is equally determined that the tour should go ahead.
Martin wishes the whole thing would simply go away.
“You just fence-sit like a dumb bunny,” Sarah tells him.
But Martin would just rather not take sides.
Then a new school leads to a new friendship, and Martin is
faced with a choice. He can walk away, or he can become
involved in something that will end up being bigger than
anybody could have predicted.