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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Publication date December 1, 1999
Pages 135
Binding Hardcover
Book category Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13 9780671034160
ISBN-10 0671034162
Dimensions 0.50 by 5.75 by 8.75 in.
Weight 0.65 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $16.00
Other format details juvenile
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
After accidentally stowing away aboard a slave ship bound for Africa, twelve-year-old Emma is shipwrecked and left stranded on the African coast, where she survives with the help of chimpanzees and lizards.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:

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...

Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780671034160 Book cover for 9780786256051
 
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (August 1, 2003)
9780786256051 | details & prices | 190 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $22.95
About: In 1834 when a storm at sea destroys the slave ship on which she is a stowaway, twelve-year-old Emma musters all her resourcefulness to survive in the African jungle.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Simon & Schuster (December 1, 1999)
9780671034160 | details & prices | 135 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.65 lbs | List price $16.00
About: In 1834 when a storm at sea destroys the slave ship on which she is a stowaway, twelve-year-old Emma musters all her resourcefulness to survive in the African jungle
Paperback
Book cover for 9780671034177 Book cover for 9781416991120
 
from Aladdin Paperbacks (December 30, 2008)
9781416991120 | details & prices | 135 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.40 lbs | List price $8.99
from Aladdin Paperbacks (November 1, 2000)
9780671034177 | details & prices | 135 pages | 5.25 × 7.25 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.20 lbs | List price $5.99
About: In 1834 when a storm at sea destroys the slave ship on which she is a stowaway, twelve-year-old Emma musters all her resourcefulness to survive in the African jungle.
Reinforced
Book cover for 9780606198745
 
from Demco Media (October 1, 2000)
9780606198745 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.40 lbs | List price $13.41
About: In 1834 when a storm at sea destroys the slave ship on which she is a stowaway, twelve-year-old Emma musters all her resourcefulness to survive in the African jungle.
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (November 1, 2000); titled "Secret Journey"
9780613956055 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.45 lbs | List price $13.40
About: In 1834 when a storm at sea destroys the slave ship on which she is a stowaway, twelve-year-old Emma musters all her resourcefulness to survive in the African jungle.

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