by Karen Hesse · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070536238
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«Vers des terres inconnues» is Karen Hesse's historical novel for young readers, published by Gallimard in paperback (526 pages, in French).
Nicholas Young, an eleven-year-old boy, hides as a stowaway on Captain Cook's Endeavour in 1768. Nicholas's diary recounts the three-year voyage: Tahiti, New Zealand, the Australian Aborigines, and dangers such as a hurricane and a shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef. The novel is inspired by Cook's real diaries.
Originally published as Stowaway in 2000; this French edition belongs to the Folio Junior collection.
Young adult novel suitable for readers aged 10 and up and for those who enjoy eighteenth-century voyages of exploration.
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Karen S. Hesse is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults, often with historical settings. She received the Newbery Medal for Out of the Dust (1997).
