Ring of the Slave Prince

Tom O'Connor, a street-smart and fatherless boy who lives on the Caribbean island of Nevis, rescues a Spaniard named Ramón and his slave, Boto, from a shipwreck, and then discovers the slave is the son of an African king who would pay a fortune in gold for the return of his son. Tom decides he will return the boy and claim the reward. Suggested level: secondary.