Jumbuck’s Misadventure

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Jumbuck’s Misadventure is an engaging story about a cheeky pet sheep that gets into mischief and finds himself in the dangerous world of live export.

Rescued as a baby lamb and raised by young Jill, a farmer’s daughter, Jumbuck learns to do lots of clever things. He’s way too smart for his own good of course, and doesn’t think he’s a sheep. So it’s not surprising that he gets into serious trouble. 

A terrible mistake lands Jumbuck on a live export boat headed to the Middle East. He has to use all the skills he’s learned to survive a very dangerous situation.

Jumbuck’s Misadventure takes young readers, 8-12 years, to different and challenging places, from Jumbuck’s life on the farm, to being stuck in a feedlot, trapped on a boat in terrible conditions, then stranded on a deserted island.

Sally Nowlan uses her experience as a former sheep farmer and rural journalist to engage the reader with her detailed knowledge of rural life, and sheep.

The story is realistic, but not grim, and engages the reader with the friendships between people and the animals they care for, Jumbuck’s lovely sheep personality, and the subtle message that live export is wrong for such creatures.