![]() ![]() ![]() Later that night, when the family have retired to bed, Robbie cannot sleep and hears peculiar noises coming from the main room, where Finn Learson and the dog, Tam, are sleeping. Old Da takes an instant dislike to Finn, and Robbie also senses the man is not what he seems. The Hendersons trust and help him, except the youngest child, Robbie, his Old Da (grandfather), and his dog Tam, who are suspicious of Finn. He is tall, lean and handsome, and calls himself Finn Learson, and he claims to be the only survivor of a shipwreck. Then a figure bursts through the door, soaking wet. One night on the island of Black Ness, the Hendersons are sitting at home in their but-and-benhouse. Set in the Shetland Islands in the north of Scotland, the plot revolves around a boy called Robbie Henderson, his family and a mysterious stranger named Finn Learson. ![]() A Stranger Came Ashore is a 1975 young adult novel written by Scottish author Mollie Hunter. ![]()
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