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Stowaway by Karen Hesse

Stowaway

by Karen Hesse
  • Critics' Consensus (3):
  • Readers' Rating (53):
  • First Published:
  • Aug 1, 2000, 302 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Jun 2002, 320 pages
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Megan

Wonderful book ... very historical!!I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kim

Very Historical
Madison Age: 13.5 years

I loved this book. I read it of my own free will since I have always been into 1700's Naval stuff. (Thank's to C.s. Forester's Horatio Hornblower saga.) Recently my friends and I did a play for history Fair about Captain Cook's final voyage and this was a nice prelude to what we did our progect on. I loved the lattitude and longitude info I also likeed the glossary even though I knrew what 85% of the terms meant. It was an awsome book and I recomenmd it to every one with the same interests as me.
afro

this book was age 13 great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it tells a wonderful story about a stowaway named nick and his exciting journey on the H.M.S Eandevor
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michael

Michael, Age 11-Stowaway is a great book. It is written like a journal and I kept forgetting that this was not Nicholas' real journal. Karen Hesse has great skill with this type of writing. I reccomend it for ages 10-18 and give it a 5 out of 5 rating. Great book!!!
Nick

I thought that the book was very interesting. The whole time you feel like you are right next to Nicholas Young who is a stowaway on the HMS Endevour captained by James Cook. I definetly recomend this book and I think that you will love it the whole time.
Nathan Sweitzer

I have read many good books during my 11 years of life, but this is one of the best!!!!!!!!! It was very intriguing. There were lots of exciting parts in it. I would recommend this book for kids from age 9 to 15. If I had to read one book this would be it. I just finished a project on this book and it rocked for the project I had to do. Everybody should read this great book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bob Jr.

This was the best book ever. I could read it over and over again. If I had to choose one thing to read for the rest of my life I would choose this book!
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