Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: The Lion's Paw

I grew up on a boat and I was always looking for stories about other kids on boats. This was and is one of my all-time favorites. Nick and Penny are orphans and Nick is always running away. This time they run away together and wind up on a sloop called the Hardalee, owned by Ben's father, who is MIA in the Pacific during WWII. Ben's uncle is about to sell the Hardalee. Ben's not going to stand for that, and Penny and Nick get a lot farther away than they thought they would. Oh, and they're not orphans, by the way, they're eganaps. Because, you know, they weren't in an orphanage, they were in an eganahpro.Great characters, you-are-there setting (Florida), a satisfying plot and an ending that will make you cheer. I have been hunting down used copies of this book all my life to give to the kids in my extended family. I'm chivvying my publisher to acquire the rights and bring it back into print. Possibly with an introduction by...yes, that would be me.