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Stowaway

by: Karen Hesse (author)

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It is known that in the summer of 1768, Captain James Cook sailed from England on H.M.S Endeavour, beginning a three-year voyage around the world on a secret mission to discover an unknown continent at the bottom of the globe. What is less known is that a boy by the name of Nicholas Young was a stowaway on that ship.Newbery winner Karen Hesse re-creates Cook's momentous voyage through the eyes of this remarkable boy, creating a fictional journal filled with fierce hurricanes, warring natives, and disease, as Nick discovers new lands, incredible creatures, and lifelong friends.

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780689839894 (0689839898)

ASIN: 0689839898

Publish date: 2002-06-01

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

Pages no: 320

Edition language: English

Category:

Young Adult, Childrens, Adventure, Academic, School, Realistic Fiction, Juvenile, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Fiction, Historical

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Carpe Librum rated it

13 years ago

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I love historical fiction and non-fiction, but I just found this book rather boring . . . a little too much like really reading someone's daily diary would be.

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mrsbond rated it

17 years ago

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Pace was a bit too slow. Perhaps I should not venture a long sea voyage... Otherwise, filled with great details -- reader will certainly come away with knowledge of what it was like to be on Captain Cook's Endeavor. Useful appendices: glossary, ship's company and ship's itinerary.

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willemite rated it

21 years ago

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Stowaway is a YA book my wife picked up for my kids. This is a journal format book, in which the young (11) Nicholas Young stows away on the first of Captain Cook’s journeys of discovery. We are treated to a first hand experience of the sights seen, the dangers endured, the people met. The events ar...

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debnance rated it

22 years ago

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Stowaway reminded me of author Karen Hesse's book, Out of the Dust, in a couple of ways. Both had young teen main characters with one parent who died and one parent who didn't handle si...

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