The defiant
(Book)

On a field trip to see famed privateer Francisco Ventan's once-sunken ship, the "Defiant, "six kids from San Francisco's Greenly Schoola last-chance refuge for orphans, troublemakers, and misfitsfind themselves stranded at the center of a storm unlike any other. By the time the clouds have cleared, and the strange pink flashes have faded from the sky, the "Defiant" is out on the open sea, San Francisco ablaze behind it. What follows is an adventure that will change the classmates' lives forevera journey across a dangerous ocean in search of a new home, with only their instincts and each other to rely on.