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In 1941, when the nation goes to war, Louise and Caroline Bradshaw, thirteen-year-old twins, live on Rass, an isolated fishing island. Rass is being eaten away by the encroaching ocean, as the lives of the watermen are eroded by changing times. Louise (Wheeze) and her ungainly buddy Call make friends with Captain Wallace when he retires to the island he had left in disgrace. Removed from the war, the three outcasts share numerous adventures: refurbishing the Captain’s old place, disposing of Auntie Braxton’s stray cats, even surviving a hurricane. The Captain eventually marries Auntie Braxton, earning the jealousy of Wheeze’s own grandmother, who has loved him from girlhood.