Secret Journey

SWEPT AWAY... Twelve-year-old Emma Bolton is determined to join her father and her sick mother on their voyage to France. She'll do anything to escape Aunt Martha and hateful cousin Odolf So she disguises herself as a boy and sneaks aboard a vessel she's told is her parents' ship. Too late, Emma discovers that she's a stowaway on Black Lightning, the most notorious slave ship afloat Her only hope is to hide in plain sight as "William," ship's boy for the cruel Captain Isaac Bacon?until a violent storm causes a shipwreck, leaving her marooned on the raging seas off the coast of Africa, with only her wits to keep her alive...

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Published: 12/30/2008
ISBN: 9781416991120
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.34d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 40143 / Secret Journey
Reading Level: 5.7 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 4