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Shackleton's Stowaway

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By Victoria McKernan
Publisher Random House Children's Books - (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
Shackleton's Stowaway
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On October 26, 1914, Ernest Shackletons Endurance set sail from Buenos Aires in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in exploration the crossing of the Antarctic continent. The crew stood on deck to watch the city fade away. All but one. Eighteenyearold Perce Blackborow hid below in a locker. But the thrill of stowing away with the legendary explorer would soon turn to fear. Within months, the Endurance, trapped and crushed by ice, sank. And even Perce, the youngest member of the stranded crew, knew there was no hope of rescue. If the men were to survive in the most hostile place on earth, they would have to do it on their own. Victoria McKernan deftly weaves the hardtofathom facts of this famous voyage into an epic, edgeofyourseat survival novel.

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78694 words78,694 words
336 pages336 pages
Lexile 740LLexile 740L
Grade 4 to 8Grade 4 to 8

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Book ISBN:

9780375826917

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