After the adventures of Four On the Run, Maxie, Flash, Lady and Fergie's lives have changed, because though they still live on the farm, they are now all spruced up and about to take part in their first film, The Famous Four. Part of it is set overseas and the four friends and Mrs Brown will be travelling to the set by a luxury cruise ship chartered by the film company. It's the first time any of them - including Mrs Brown! - have been at sea, and they are nervous and excited. Everything goes well - until the big storm. Washed overboard in their luxury container, the four friends find themselves landing on a desert island. At least, it seems deserted, at first... but soon they become aware someone else is there. Someone who is not very friendly - a rusty old tank that thinks there's still a war on! They need to escape from the island and get back to their ship and very worried Mrs Brown. ...but how? AGES: 5 to 8 AUTHOR: Born in Indonesia of French parents, and brought up in France and Australia, Sophie Masson is the award-winning author of over 70 books for children, young adults and adults. Her latest books include Four on the Run, the first book in this series(illustrated by Cheryl Orsini, Christmas Press 2020); The Ghost Squad (Midnight Sun Publishing, 2021) ;The Snowman's Wish (illustrated by Ronak Taher, Dirt Lane Press, 2020); A House of Mud (illustrated by Katrina Fisher, Little Pink Dog Books, 2020); French Fairy Tales (illustrated by Lorena Carrington, Serenity Press 2020) and Santagram(illustrated by Shiloh Gordon, Little Hare 2020) In 2019, Sophie received an AM (Member, General Division) award in the Order of Australia honours list. Her citation read 'For significant service to literature as an author, publisher, and through service to literary organisations'. Her website is at www.sophiemasson.org and her blog at www.firebirdfeathers.com Cheryl Orsini taught herself to draw as a little girl. She grew a little taller, studied Visual Communications at UTS in Sydney and finally, when she could grow no more, she started illustrating children's books, magazines and decorating a great many peg dolls! As well as illustrating Four on the Run (Christmas Press 2020) she has illustrated over 20 picture books including Caravan Fran (Lothian Books/Hachette Australia), The Tales of Mrs Mancini (ABC Books) The ABC Book of Cars, Trains, Boats and Planes (ABC Books), and Pom Pom, Where Are You? (Viking/Penguin). Her illustrations are also sought after by Australian magazines including Gardening Australia and The School Magazine. Cheryl lives in Sydney, with her husband and daughter. Her website is at www.cherylorsini.com