Stowaway
- ISBN-10
- 0689839898
- ISBN-13
- 9780689839894
- Series
- Stowaway
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-06-01
- Publisher
- Margaret K. McElderry Books
- Author
- Karen Hesse
Description
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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