On page 51, the boys visit a village on an island. The village consists of a bunch of natives and a white store owner. Slim tells the brothers, "I guess that man at the store is a kind of king here. He's the only white man I saw in the village." So I guess the implication is that the natives just naturally regard any white person as if a king. Then why do the natives attack the boys at every turn?
This story consists of the boys looking for the sunken ship, then dodging natives who keep attacking them. The cycle repeats over and over until the story mercifully ends. The story is not bad, but it is also not very interesting. Also, there's that problem of Bill's name still being Jim for some unknown reason. I still cannot deal with it.
The Hunniwells' plane is once again named the Albatross after being the Falcon for the last two books. However, Bill is still Jim, and this is still a deal-breaker for me.
The book is good, and I enjoyed it more than the previous two books in the set.
The Hunniwell Boys series is very good to excellent up through #5 in the set. #6 through #8 have the name changes, and I struggled with all three books. So for me, the Hunniwell Boys series ends with five books, since the last three do not feel authentic to me.
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