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A fictionalized journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771 aboard the Endeavor which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.

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Main Author: Hesse, Karen
Other Authors: Parker, Robert Andrew (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: NY: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2002.
Subjects:
Cook, James, > 1728-1779 > Juvenile fiction.
Voyages around the world > Juvenile fiction.
Sea stories > Juvenile.
Diaries > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:A fictionalized journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771 aboard the Endeavor which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.
Physical Description:315 p.
ISBN:9780689839894
0689839898
Author Notes:Karen Hesse (born on August 29, 1952 Baltimore, Maryland) is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults. She studied theatre at Towson State College, and finished her undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland in English, Psychology, and Anthropology. In 1998 she won the Newbery Medal for her young adult novel, Out of the Dust.

Hesse lives in Vermont with her husband and two teen-aged daughters.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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