num_pages: 318
description: It’s 1663 and there is an extra passenger on board a Dutch merchant ship setting sail for the East Indies. Twelve-year-old Petra has stowed away to escape her abusive father. But she quickly realizes that surviving for months at sea will be impossible without help. So when Bram, the half-Dutch / half-Javanese son of the ship’s carpenter finds her hiding spot, Petra convinces him to help her stay hidden . . . and help disguise her as a boy.If Petra is discovered and exposed as a girl, she could be tossed overboard, or worse . . . returned to her father. And if Bram is exposed for helping her, he could lose the only home—and family—he has. As tensions rise on the ship, with pirates attacking, deadly illness, and even mutiny, Petra and Bram face impossible decisions that test their friendship and threaten their dreams of freedom.Told in alternating voices, this richly researched novel is filled with secrets, intrigue, and incredible adventure.
language: English
title: Cast Off: The Strange Adventures of Petra de Winter and Bram Broen
publisher: Dial Books