Characters 1
This character has red hair, enjoys making bird calls, and ends the journey with a debt to pay.
Nicholas Young
This spiteful character constantly took his frustrations and insecurities out on our young stowaway.
Mr. Bootie
This setting was the location of the very important Transit of Venus observation.
O'tahiti
What disease was cured by ingesting lime juice, sour kraut, and/or spinach?
Scurvy
In what way did the Great Barrier Reef pose a constant threat to Endeavor and her crew?
This Tahitian native was hired on to help navigate the crew of Endeavour through the Society Islands.
Tupia
This Tahitian native befriended our protagonist and had many shared interests, such as racing to the top of breadfruit trees and bird calling.
Tarheto
This marsupial, which was discovered in Australia, is tall, mouse-colored, and can leap up to six feet at once.
"Kanguru" or Kangaroo
What genre best describes Stowaway?
Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Biography, or Sci Fi?
Historical Fiction
Who was the protagonist of Stowaway running away from?
The cruel butcher and his father
This wealthy botanist has wild brown hair and an intense enthusiasm for collecting and studying specimens gathered along the voyage.
Mr. Banks
This stern, but fair, character was orderly, with hair and clothing always clean and in place, and always looked out for the health and safety of his crew first and foremost.
Captain Cook
This country, first discovered by the Dutch, was originally called New Holland.
Australia
1768-1771
Name the three individuals who helped the stowaway sneak aboard Endeavor.
Samuel Evans, John Ramsey, Francis Haite
This once-illiterate character was paid a coin to help the stowaway gain secret entry aboard Endeavour.
Samuel Evans
This older, good-hearted seaman had a face like leather and crooked/missing teeth. Helped our protagonist sneak aboard.
Francis Haite
This now-popular activity was discovered on the Polynesian Islands (Tahiti) and involves paddling aboard a wooden plank out to sea, then standing up and riding a wave back to shore.
Surfing
What type of figurative language is used in the following line from Stowaway?
"Endeavor's agony increased as she settled down on her rock. There came such a groaning from under her starboard bow. It made tears come to my eyes listening to her."
Personification
Describe the process of fothering.
A practice in which a sling is created, using material from sails, as well as wool and oakum, to wrap around the pierced area of the ship to plug the opening using the natural force of the incoming water from the sea to secure the sling in place, temporarily slowing down the incoming water until they could make full repairs.
This character HAS BUT ONE HAND!
Mr. Thompson
This cheerful lad was servant to the captain and though he discovered the stowaway first, he did not give him up.
John Charleton
This inhospitable geographic location was said to have monsters awaiting the crew, and caused a lot of trouble for the crew of Endeavour early on in their voyage. What it actually had was violent weather.
Cape Horn
Discuss Terra Incognita.
What is the translation? How does it relate to Stowaway? Tell me everything you remember about it.
Translation: Unknown or undiscovered territory
The captain's secret mission was to search for this unmapped landmass, which was believed to be much larger and more connected than the actual continents of Australia and Antarctica. The thinking was that for the Earth to have balance, there must be a proportionate amount of land in the southern hemisphere as there is in the northern. Obviously, this theory was proven incorrect as more explorers, such as Cook, navigated the unexplored seas.
Name two facts and two fabrications (things that were made up) made by the author, Karen Hesse, which we learned in the afterward.
fact: There really was a boy named Nicholas Young aboard Endeavor.
fabrication: We don't actually know that he paid three seamen to sneak him on.
fact: Nicholas really did go on to join Banks on a future voyage (to Iceland).
fabrication: Nicholas' home life
fact: Mr. Bootie and Nicholas really did feud and write mean messages to each other in Bootie's journal.
fabrication: The exact ways Bootie mistreated him.