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Hesse, Karen

Stowaway

320 pp. | McElderry | November, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-689-83987-1 $$17.95
(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker. Hesse has taken the few and meager facts known about Nicholas Young, an eleven-year-old stowaway aboard Captain James Cook's ship Endeavour in the year 1768, and elaborated them into a full-blown novel. Her compelling storytelling and clever pacing command the reader's attention, even while reflecting the rhythms of the journey, which include doldrums as well as swift sailing.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2001

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