Terrible Times - Eddie Dickens, Bk 3 Author:Philip Ardagh In the third installment of the Eddie Dickens trilogy, our poor hero Eddie finds himself on the way to America aboard the sailing ship Pompous Pig, along with a cargo hold full of left shoes, the world-famous Dog's Bone Diamond, and some of the most dangerous traveling companions anyone might have the misfortune to share a ship with. A mysteriou... more »s stowaway and some familiar faces from Eddie's past only complicate matters, as does being tied up and set adrift in a leaky rowboat. (Don't you hate it when that happens? Will Eddie ever reach America?« less