This Audio Cassette Book item from Listening Library was reviewed on 15-Sep-2008.
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1) Audio Cassette Book Stowaway by Listening Library. The story of Nicholas Young and his adventures on the Endeavor are told in diary form. Although it´s fiction, the story is based upon actual ships logs and diaries from the voyage of the Endeavor, led by Captain Cook.
The author describes this exploratory voyage through the eyes of Nick who is eleven years old at the start of the voyage. It´s filled with details and historical accuracy. My only complaints are that the author doesn´t go into more detail about Nick´s past, or his future and the second half of the book get a little tedious because it drags on. This is probably due to the fact that very little is known about the actual Nicholas Young aside from his association with this voyage and the "dragging plot" towards the end is due to the author staying true to the actual tale.
Aside from those frustrations, Stowaway is a great nautical adventure.¤ 2) Audio Cassette Book Stowaway by Listening Library. I had to read this book for my book group in school and god it´s sucks. Whenever I have to read this book I start to cry because I hate it so much. Usually books as you go get better and better but this one keeps getting worse as you go. It takes me about a minute per page but it feels like an hour per page because it is so bad. I would never ever recommend this book to any one.¤ 3) Audio Cassette Book Stowaway by Listening Library. I´ve just got to say that this book is the only book I have ever fallen asleep while reading in my entire 14 years of life. It was really, really boring. I love books with ships and such, but this book really wasn´t worth picking up.¤ 4) Audio Cassette Book Stowaway by Listening Library. I recommend this book to any diligent reader who wants a good book, or should I say novel, to pass the time. I would particularly recommend this book to all kids over the age of 11; I only say this because it is hard to understand it occasionally. This book taught me a valuable lesson. I learned that if I´m not happy with me life I should change it to hat I want to do. Nick showed me that following your heart can not only make you happy but also can make history like Nick. If Nick hadn´t changed his life he would probably still be a butchers apprentice. Every entry Nick wrote had a different challenge that kept me and other readers divided
¤ 5) Audio Cassette Book Stowaway by Listening Library. I read the book Stowaway and it wasn´t particularly good. It began with a boy named Nick Young. He snuck onto the ship Endeavor and hid in the pinnace for a while. It might have been a better book if he wasn´t found hiding in Chapter 2 or what have you. All I can say is the book was boring and repetitive. The crew met natives, traded with natives, befriended natives, killed natives etc.
Don´t get me wrong some parts were exciting, but there wasn´t much action. If there was sword fighting and pirates, it would be a much better book. There was quite a bit of death which I didn´t like to much.
The book had no fantasy, not one bit, but you might like it if you like fancy ship talk and boats. I wouldn´t recommend it. It did win an award but I wouldn´t have given it one. It didn´t deserve it.
(...)¤ 6) Audio Cassette Book Stowaway by Listening Library. Read by David Cale
8 hours 30 minutes, 6 cassettes
In 1767, 11-year-old Nicholas Young stowed away on Captain James Cook´s "Endeavour." Cook´s three-year mission was secret: he was charged by the British Navy to search for a lost continent, believed to be located between the southern tip of South America and New Zealand. Young´s journal charts the voyage and with every port of call a new adventure awaits. This is the story of a great voyage of discovery seen through the eyes of a boy who was actually there.¤ 7) Audio Cassette Book Stowaway by Listening Library. To 11-year-old Nicholas Young, the tall masts of the exploratory ship Endeavour look like an answer to his fervent prayers. On the run from his demanding father and the cruel butcher who employed him, Nick finds adventure beyond his wildest imaginings when he stows away on the ship of legendary Captain James Cook. Once he is discovered and put to work, Nick becomes party to some amazing sights. He meets indigenous natives of Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia, wonders at the sight of kangaroos, and shudders with horror when confronted with cannibalism. Nick survives a hurricane, a near shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef, and a deadly bout with typhoid to become one of the few original crew members to successfully circumnavigate the globe with Cook and arrive safely back in England. He notes in his worn journal shortly before sighting his homeland´s shore: "We have truly led the way, charting the path for all who come after. I don´t know I shall ever feel so again as I feel now. That any of us shall." Newbery Medal-winning Karen Hesse´s story is based on actual Endeavour stowaway Nicholas Young, about whom little is known. Using the real 1768 diaries of Captain Cook and shipboard naturalist Joseph Banks, Hesse has changed Young from a forgotten footnote into a living, breathing person with red hair and a penchant for pork chops. So authentic you can feel the sea spray, this fine fictionalized diary is a nautical treasure for landlubbers young and old. (Ages 10 and older) --Jennifer Hubert¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 13-Oct-2008, 08072616969780807261699, 950-900-4X0-910-340-960-8 
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