| A | B |
|---|
| Phillip | narrator of the story |
| Henrick | Phillip's best friend |
| Mrs. Enright | nervous about the war |
| Miami | destination of the S.S. Hato |
| S.S. Hato | ship boarded by Phillip and his mom |
| hatchet | Phil's defense to ward off Germans |
| Mr. Enright | employeed by Royal Dutch Shell |
| veerboat | ferry used to shuttle cars and people |
| Willemstad | setting of story at beginning of novel |
| U-boat | submarine |
| conch | tropical sea animal related to snails |
| lurched | unsteady or abrupt swaying movement |
| schooner | sailing vessel with 2 or more masts |
| deftly | skillfully |
| ebony | black |
| sextant | instrument for measuring bodies (heavenly) |
| alabastor | white` |
| calypso | song |
| haunches | back legs of cat |
