num_pages: 320
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.
language: English
title: Stowaway
titlecomplete: Stowaway
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Juvenile, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 2328
publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books