Twelve-year-old Francis, the son of a very poor widow living in a Trinidadian village, is given the chance to go to San Fernando to work as a servant companion. It seems a great opportunity, but Francis has never seen a town, or been away from his family, and he is very afraid."

 

This book is part of a book series called Caribbean Writers .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 1996 by Hodder Education .