After being shanghaied aboard the bark Sindia and surviving a major shipwreck on the New Jersey Shore, a twelve year old Japanese boy finds himself thousands of miles from his home and family. Alone on the hustling and bustling docks of New York City. The year was 1901 and Takashi has made his way to New York's South Street Seaport, determined to find passageway back home. Our resilient young heros adventure continues in this sequel to Takashi's Voyage. Set in a changing world, the end of the age of tall ships. Takashi has become the cabin boy on the Astral and begins another voyage. This one will hopefully be taking him home finally. The book includes a nautical glossary, a cookie recipe and an author's note about the difference between fact and fiction in a historical novel.