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Stowaway


School year: Year 8, Year 9

No. of pages 200

Published: 2018

Great for age 12-18 years

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2020 Red Maple Fiction Award Shortlisted 2021 Chocolate Lily Award WinnerThe fast-paced and suspenseful plot will keep readers rooting for Owen, Arturo, and the others. School Library JournalOwens plan to sail away on an adventure puts him on a collision course with some very dangerous people.When Owens parents leave him on his own for a week, the sixteen-year-old gets bored and hatches a crazy idea: sneak onto the yacht thats visiting the sleepy Pacific Coast island where he lives and stow away on an adventure! Once on board the vessel, Owen quickly finds this is anything but innocent fun. The ship is packed with teenagers from Central America, and it looks like Owen has stumbled into a people-smuggling operation.Complications pile up and as things head from bad to worse, a haunting incident from Owens past tightens its grip on him. Theres only one way to break free and make his way home. Owen and the first mate, Arturo a former street kid must work together to commandeer the boat and win the trust of those on board. But whos friend and whos foe in the shifting tides?

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 12-15 years.

There are 200 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2018 by Dundurn Group Ltd .

Pam Withers is an award-winning author of over a dozen teen adventure novels, including Tracker's Canyon and Andreo's Race , and two nonfiction books. Pam lives in Vancouver.

 

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Ola Forest of Reading Red Maple Award - Fiction
This book was recognised in the Fiction category of the Ola Forest Of Reading Red Maple Award.

Not only socially and politically relevant, it is an action-packed page turner as well. Readers will be engaged with Owen and Arturo's stories from the get-go. * Susin Nielsen, author of Word Nerd, Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom, and more *

 

A simply riveting and original adventure ... Stowaway will prove to be an immediate and enduringly popular addition to both school and community library YA fiction collections. * Midwest Book Review *

 

The fast-paced and suspenseful plot will keep readers rooting for Owen, Arturo, and the others. * School Library Journal *

 

An accomplished and riveting novel, beautifully written and researched by a writer secure in her craft. * Irene Watts, BC BookLook *

 

The book should be appealing to young readers who are interested in fast paced action and does manage to shed light on the dark world of illegal immigration. * Resource Links *