The Stowaway by Karen Hesse

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The Stowaway by Karen Hesse

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Summary

Nicholas Young has had enough of his squalid life in London. So he stows away aboard a ship named Endeavour, not knowing he is about to be part of one of the most famous journeys of discovery ever to be made in maritime history.

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The Stowaway by Karen Hesse

In 1767, 11-year-old Nicholas Young stowed away on Captain James Cook's Endeavour. Cook's three-year mission was secret: He was charged by the British Navy to search for a lost continent, believed to be located between the southern tip of South America and New Zealand. Nick's journal charts the voyage, with every port of call a new adventure. He befriends a native of Tahiti, taken aboard the Endeavour, is enlisted as an Able Seaman, and becomes the surgeon';s assistant. Here is one of the great voyages of discovery seen through the eyes of a boy who was actually there.

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Karen Hesse is the author of numerous books for children, including the Newbery Medal-winning Out of the Dust, Letters from Rifka, Phoenix Rising, Sable and Lavender. She has won awards such as the Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Prize, the Christopher Award, and the MacArthur Fellowship Genius Award, making her only the second children's book author to earn this accolade. Hesse was born in Baltimore and attended the University of Maryland. Her spouse Randy and she live in Vermont.

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ISBN 13 9780689860676
ISBN 10 0689860676
Title The Stowaway
Author Karen Hesse
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Year published 2004-01-05
Number of pages 294
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.