The Stowaway: A Tale of California Pirates
- ISBN-10
- 0590488236
- ISBN-13
- 9780590488235
- Series
- The Stowaway
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997-12-01
- Publisher
- Scholastic Paperbacks
- Author
- Kristiana Gregory
Description
In 1818 Carlito, an eleven-year-old boy in the Spanish-owned town of Monterey, California, sees his quiet life threatened when the Argentinian privateer Hippolyte de Bouchard attacks with his pirate ships.
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