he had plenty of time to think about the book he might write : he survived the witch , vyryvyr , and her huge wolf-pack ; he escaped the cage close to the man-eating tigers ; he , a 9-year-old orphan boy , had found a beautiful 14-year-old girl-friend ; he and seraphinaria had been rescued by kate and debra , but , in some sense , they also rescued kate and her kids and debra .