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
ISBN: | 9780689839894 |
Publication date: | 1st June 2002 |
Author: | Karen Hesse |
Illustrator: | Robert Andrew Parker |
Publisher: | Margaret K. McElderry Books |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 320 pages |
Genres: |
Historical Fiction |