Read pages 126-167.
Content Summary for Teachers
pages 126-167
The narrator picks up in modern-day England. A teenage boy named Nicolas Jordan lives with his parents and spends his free time making model boats. One day, Nicholas sees a painting that depicts a man handing King Charles II the first pineapple ever brought to England. Nicholas becomes very interested in the painting and begins keeping a pineapple in his bedroom, until the smell of the rotting fruit leads his mother to throw it out. Nicholas decides to join the Navy, as he is fascinated by boats He began making detailed models, and on the weekends, he sails his boats with his friend Jack.
Nicholas also loves a book called The...
