Stowed away
By: Eric Embacher
Series: Astonishing Headlines
Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [Costa Mesa, CA]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9781616519254; 9781451771794
Subjects: Voyages and travels; Criminals; Juvenile literature; Readers for new literates; Stowaways
Description: "Desperate and poor, stowaways risk their lives in an attempt to secure freedom or a better life. Some succeed; others suffer tragedy and heartbreak. But people aren't the only kind of stowaways. Some stowaways are illegal or endangered animals that could wreak havoc on native ecosystems. Learn the fate of some famous and infamous stowaways."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Balboa stows away in a barrel; title: Tubman stows away slaves for freedom; title: Brown tree snakes take over Guam; title: Guzman stows away on an airplane-twice!; title: Edson Rojas stows away on a deadly truck trip; title: McKinley ships himself from New York to Texas; title: H1N1 global pandemic; title: The case of the Huanglongbing; title: Hawaii's endangered honeycreepers.