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Hesse, Karen.  
STOWAWAY
New York : Aladdin, 2002
IL 5-8, RL 5.9
ISBN 0689839898
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 In the summer of 1768, an 11 year-old butcher's apprentice named Nicholas Young climbed aboard a ship and hid himself from the captain and the crew.  The H.M.S. Endeavour,  captained by James Cook, was on a secret mission to discover an unknown continent at the bottom of the globe.  During the three-year voyage, Nick encounters hardships, is awed by new discoveries, and earns the respect of the gentlemen on board especially Joseph Banks, a botanist.  How will Nick react when disaster strikes?  And who is Lady  Jane?  Read Stowaway to find out.   (Amy Schaffner, amy.schaffner@risd.org  Northrich Elementary Richardson, Texas)
SUBJECTS:     Voyages around the world -- Fiction.
                        Sea stories.
                        Diaries -- Fiction.
                        Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Fiction.
                        Historical fiction.

 
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