A woman calling herself his step-mother arrives from England and Hector and Auntie Robbo realize that they have to run away. The chase leads all over the north of Scotland, narrowly escaping police and the authorities, adopting three homeless children on the way.Ann Scott-Moncrieff tried to publish Auntie Robbo in 1941, but the book was rejected because deemed to be "too Scottish". Today, Auntie Robbo is revived and reprinted in this beautiful new edition by Scotland Street Press.

    Surviving treacherous boat journeys, a broken leg, and hell-bent storms, he made temporary homes with his family on some of the remotest Hebridean islands so he could study the habits of grey seals and seabirds. The family finally settled on an abandoned croft in the Summer Isles, on Tanera Mor, and started farming the barren land. They repaired a ruined herring fishery and its stone quay. They fertilized the ground with seaweed, cut peat for the fires, and planted a garden behind sheltered walls. Slowly, they brought life back to the island.Island Years first published 1940 by G. Bell and Sons. Island Farm first published in 1943 by G. Bell and Sons.