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"a story where man and female reporter who doesn't like sailing get stranded on yacht or an island because of a big storm while trying to race around the world and his three children are left with their aunt and uncle who treat them badly and try to kill their dog so they run away and escape to an island it is a children's book, the kids are on a farm and escape at night to a small abandoned island nearby with the help of a boy and find an animal sanctuary there"