On October 26, 1914, Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance set sail from Buenos Aires in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in exploration: the cros...
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Nov 27, 2010
karen
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many many animals were harmed in the writing of this story. and "good" animals, too, not just the necessary "starving in antarctica" ones that you have to kill for survival. there are awful penguin-clubbing sequences, some euthanasia of dogs and a cat, and lots of seals make their way into seal heaven. there is also one awesome amputation scene.disney will never option this story. there are very few places to insert singing mice (twss) but it is a true account of a young boy
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Dec 15, 2011
07emmah
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"I never even heard of this book, if we have to read it for science I will most likely hate it." These were the thoughts that ran through my head as I was assigned to read this book for science. The next day I bring it home dreading to open it and start reading the first 100 pages before midterm. When I pulled out the book my dad looked over and asked what I was reading. When he saw that it was "Shackleton's Stowaway" his face lit up with excitement. "That is one of the
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Jan 09, 2012
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Shackleton’s stowaway was written by Victoria MeReman. It was a good book but it could have been beter the book takes place in the Antarctica. They are on an expedition to cross the North Pole. When there ship sinks when crushed by ice. So they start on foot to Elephant Island so they can be rescued. When traveling to Elephant Island thy start to run out of rations so they kill the dogs along with the puppies they had decided it was nicer to shoot them than let them starve to death. Perce is th
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Jan 03, 2012
07RileyM
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Shackleton's Stowaway By: Victoria Mckernan
Shackleton's Stowaway in set in antarctica in the very early 90's. The Story is about Perce Blackborrows adventure as a stowaway on the Endurance's expedition to the antarctic under the command of Sir Ernst Shackleton. The main characters in Shackleton's Stowaway are Perce Blackborrow, Billy Bakewell, Sir Ernst Shackleton, Frank Wild, Tim and Tom.
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Shackleton's Stowaway in set in antarctica in the very early 90's. The Story is about Perce Blackborrows adventure as a stowaway on the Endurance's expedition to the antarctic under the command of Sir Ernst Shackleton. The main characters in Shackleton's Stowaway are Perce Blackborrow, Billy Bakewell, Sir Ernst Shackleton, Frank Wild, Tim and Tom.
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Dec 19, 2011
Could you image your best friend getting the job/trip of your lifetime and you have to stay back at port, even though it wasn’t a 100% that they would make it bake alive. Perce Still wanted to do it at all coast he felt like he had to. So his friend thought of this great idea of Perce sniking onto the ship and waiting a couple of days until they were so fair out at see that they would have to let him stay on the boat. And his friend would bring him food during the day. So after they did the grea
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Dec 15, 2011
06jacobs
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I read the book Shackleton's Stowaway by Victoria McKernan. It is a very adventurous book about a famous arctic expedition on the ship The Endurance, and has a lot of tense, releiving, sad and happy moments. It is a very interesting book that will keep a reader drawn in until the end of the book. It's a very cool story.
When Perce Blackborow found out that he wasn't chosen to go on the arctic expedition to Antarctica with one of the world's most known and famous explorers, Ernest S More...
When Perce Blackborow found out that he wasn't chosen to go on the arctic expedition to Antarctica with one of the world's most known and famous explorers, Ernest S More...
Dec 15, 2011
Shackleton's Stowaway was a really good book. I liked it a lot because it was based on a true story. Shackleton's Stowaway is about lots of men who sailed on an expedition to go to Antartica to explore it. Shackleton was the captain of the ship and he was a very good man and a really good captain. This guy named Perce and his friend Tim were walking around one day and found a bunch of people in a huddle doing something. They wanted to know what was going on and they saw that Shackleton was leavi
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Dec 14, 2011
04dakotac
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Would you like Antarctica? I know that most people wouldn’t because of the freezing temperatures! In 1914 a group of men set off to the Antarctic continent in a ship called the Endurance. Before they left they were in England. Perce Blackborow (the stowaway) and his good friend from the U.S. William Bakewell (Billy) go and try and get a job interview to work aboard the ship.
In 1914 the ship, Endurance set sail to be the first voyage to cross the Antarctic continent around the South Pole. P More...
In 1914 the ship, Endurance set sail to be the first voyage to cross the Antarctic continent around the South Pole. P More...
Dec 08, 2011
02sclawson
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SHAKLETON'S STOWAWAY is a really, really good book. While it is based on a true story, it still has the feel of a novel. It is amazingly accurate and written really well. Every one should read it because, for one, it has amazing facts. For two, the author, Victoria Mckernan, made the book from a documentary to an action packed story that hooks readers like they are fish.
Also, this book is really funny and has tons of parts that are just written amazingly.
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Dec 08, 2011
05jacobh
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Shackleton’s stow away by Victoria mckernan
Shackeltons stowaway is an adventure book. It is amazing I would have to say that the author is very gifted. This book is about a Party that goes to Antarctica and almost dies, hundreds of times. This is a true story and some of the better non-fiction adventure stories out there.
This book takes place in 1914. The Lusitania gets sunk and Siberia declares war on Hungary. World War 1 breaks loose. The world goes to hell an More...
Shackleton’s stow away by Victoria mckernan
Shackeltons stowaway is an adventure book. It is amazing I would have to say that the author is very gifted. This book is about a Party that goes to Antarctica and almost dies, hundreds of times. This is a true story and some of the better non-fiction adventure stories out there.
This book takes place in 1914. The Lusitania gets sunk and Siberia declares war on Hungary. World War 1 breaks loose. The world goes to hell an More...
Nov 30, 2011
05megans
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Shackleton’s Stowaway
I read a book called Shackleton’s Stowaway recently. I thought that it was okay, it was actually a little better than I thought it would be. I thought that it was a pretty good story, and it was actually based on a true story. However, I found it a little bit confusing some parts but otherwise, I guess it was fine.
This story is basically about an eighteen year old boy named Perce Blackborow who stows away with Shackleton, and th More...
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Shackleton’s Stowaway
I read a book called Shackleton’s Stowaway recently. I thought that it was okay, it was actually a little better than I thought it would be. I thought that it was a pretty good story, and it was actually based on a true story. However, I found it a little bit confusing some parts but otherwise, I guess it was fine.
This story is basically about an eighteen year old boy named Perce Blackborow who stows away with Shackleton, and th More...
Dec 05, 2011
Shackleton's Stowaways was a pretty good book if you like that kind of stuff but, if you don't...... Don't read it. It had a really,I mean REALLY good detail of everything, I mean EVERYTHING! It swore a little bit but not as much as other books. I liked it because it was real people and not made up people and I think it was really cool that Shackleton saved a lot of peoples lifes.
Eighteen-year-old Perce Blackborow want to go on a the ship the ENDURANCE but Shackleton already had all of More...
Eighteen-year-old Perce Blackborow want to go on a the ship the ENDURANCE but Shackleton already had all of More...
Dec 05, 2011
04EmmaC
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Shackleton’s Stowaway
“Doc Macklin is about to cut off my toes. Bad enough frostbite kills the flesh. That’s what happened to my feet. Nothing to do now but amputate.” - Shackleton’s Stowaway (page 2) Imagine what it would be like to be stranded on an island in the middle of Antarctica! Imagine having to eat seal and penguin plain for almost two years! Imagine living under a cramped lifeboat with twenty two other stinky, cranky men that haven’t showered for over a year! This is what More...
“Doc Macklin is about to cut off my toes. Bad enough frostbite kills the flesh. That’s what happened to my feet. Nothing to do now but amputate.” - Shackleton’s Stowaway (page 2) Imagine what it would be like to be stranded on an island in the middle of Antarctica! Imagine having to eat seal and penguin plain for almost two years! Imagine living under a cramped lifeboat with twenty two other stinky, cranky men that haven’t showered for over a year! This is what More...
Dec 15, 2011
07nathanf
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Have you ever actually heard of a true story that involved someone stowing on a ship and not being kicked off. Well I had the opportunity to read Shackleton’s Stowaway which is a book that is based on a real life adventure that tells the story of the attempted voyage of Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton’s ship Endurance across Antarctica. When I first heard I had to read this book I thought it was going to be another dull book for my science class but it turned out that I ended up enjoying this boo
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Dec 16, 2011
06CharlieV
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I do not usualy like historical non fiction books but Shackletons Stowaway was better than I thought it would be. the reason why I read it originaly was because I needed to haave a science term project and reading this book was an option. I like to read alot so I decided that I wouuld read this book for science because that would be the easiest option and I would finnish it much faster than the others. Almost one month later I found out that the first 100 pages would have to be read by the
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Dec 16, 2011
06zackerym.
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I chose this book because I had it as an option in science for Mrs. Brinkerhoff's class. At first, when I picked up this book, I thought it was going to be one of those same old books. Educational and such. But it turned out to be a pretty good book! True story too!
Shackletons Stowaway was a very hard book for me to get into, because I thought it was just going to be a dull book. But once I started reading it, it became quiet addicting! While I was reading this book, I noticed that More...
Shackletons Stowaway was a very hard book for me to get into, because I thought it was just going to be a dull book. But once I started reading it, it became quiet addicting! While I was reading this book, I noticed that More...
Jan 09, 2011
Sarah
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It was a cold, sucky weekend, so reading a story about infinitely more badass people than I, enduring a far colder, suckier time sounded appealing. If you love cold weather exploration/adventure/survival stories like I love cold weather exploration/adventure/survival stories, then you should love this book too. It's thrilling and truly, just ungodly brutal. There's no shying away from the hunger, madness, toe amputations, clubbing of adorable seals and penguins so the crew won't starve, and fr
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Dec 18, 2011
01nathanielf
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You have probably heard of the great Antarctic race, haven’t you? Well this book that I read, Shackleton’s Stowaway, was an absolutely fantastic book about the second trip that Sir Ernest Shackleton made to Antarctica, this time to try and hike all the way across the
continent.
I remember reading this book and just thinking “wow!, It is crazy That they would even attempt this adventure, let alone get out of there Alive!”
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I remember reading this book and just thinking “wow!, It is crazy That they would even attempt this adventure, let alone get out of there Alive!”
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Jan 10, 2012
04alexish
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Shackleton's Stowaway was an incredibly good read. Typically I like books that are based on true stories more than made up stories, another reason why I really enjoyed this book. Shackleton's Stowaway is about a group men who sailed to Antarctica to explore the un-known land to many. Shackleton (One of the main characters in this book) was the ships leader, he was a very decent man and a truly extraordinary captain. Lets introduce you to another character, whom is named Perce. He and his frien
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Jul 08, 2009
Libby
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If I start lamenting a Minnesota winter, I can be grateful I'm not spending four months under a lifeboat on an Artic island waiting for rescue. Victoria McKernan bases her novel on the experience of Perce Blackborow, the youngest member of Ernest Shackelton's crew as they attempt to cross Antarctica. Miraculously, all the crew return alive from the two year journey; however, over two-thirds is spent trapped by pack ice and nearly a year is spent with no ship at all. Drawing heavily from journ
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Dec 12, 2011
04charitiJ
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Shackleton's Stowaway was a book that I really enjoyed. This 320 paged book was filled with so much information and details from the expedition to sail through the continent of Antarctica. The author, Victoria McRerman, really put a lot of time and effort in this sad but intriguing story. The characters and places seemed so real and vivid - it felt like the reader was standing right there, watching Shackleton and his crew struggle through the coldest place on Earth.
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Dec 06, 2011
02Stocktonw
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I hated this book with a passion. It's like reading somebodys journal that you don't like or want to hear about. My friend said that he wasn't like he couldn't put the book donw but he liked it. I disagree. The story was ok but it was dull. if they limited it to 100 pages then it would of been alittle better. just a little. The way it was written was distusting and the way story was depressing as well. One of the reasons the story sucked was they killed inocent seals and those seals went More...
Apr 14, 2009
Eric
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A well-written and easy to follow account of the Shackleton expidition to the South pole from the point of view of the youngest member of the crew.
At first, I thought the stowaway was a device invented by the author for this historical fiction, but at the end of the book, she explained that the character was real and the events were true to the records of the expedition. I think it is important to understand this little fact because the story truly is one of the greatest adventur More...
At first, I thought the stowaway was a device invented by the author for this historical fiction, but at the end of the book, she explained that the character was real and the events were true to the records of the expedition. I think it is important to understand this little fact because the story truly is one of the greatest adventur More...
Dec 11, 2011
07keeganh
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The book “Shackleton’s Stowaway” written by Victoria Mc’Keunan is a wonderful novel based on the will of men. In a grand total of three hundred pages the story addresses how a group of men goes to and survives the dreaded Antarctica. I would only suggest this book to teens and older because of how emotionally and physically hard it gets in the book. It could not happen in a different environment without totally changing the book. Some of the main characters from the book are Shackleton their
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Dec 08, 2011
02jacobg
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Jan 05, 2012
01lcoon
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I actually really like this book, which was a little surprising for me because usually I don't like the books that were put on a list and i have to choose one to read. My Science teacher gives everyone in her class a paper with a list of stuff we can do for a term project. I chose to read a book because I am pretty fast at reading and it wouldn't take that long to read. My Favorite parts in the story is when Shackleton tells Perce his outlook on luck and when Perce is on the ships shaft with the
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Oct 26, 2011
05amandal
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Shackleton's Stowaway is a true non-fiction book filled with journals from some of the sailors and people on the ship called Endurance. This story is about a group of men on an expedition to the Antarctic that meet up with some challanges during the expedition. Main charachters from this book are Shackleton, who is the captain of the ship and Perce Blackborrow, who is the stowaway on the ship. The journals also talk about the animals on the ship and what they go through on this adventure.
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Jul 29, 2011
Kendall
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Wow! A great book based on a true story. I'd heard tales of the Endurance for a long time but never spent too much time on the subject...this book takes the event and makes it very real for the reader. A gripping read, the author masterfully reveals the events while spinning a taut web. Fans of Charlotte Doyle or True Adventures of Charley Darwin will enjoy this book; it's like a more advanced Hatchet-type survival tale. It could be a favorite of reluctant readers--the language is not difficult
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Dec 16, 2011
07Matt
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Shackleton’s Stowaway
"Another boring science book," I thought as I chose to read Shackleton’s Stowaway. What started with dismal hopes, and an attitude of “let's get this over as painless and quickly as possible,” turned into an interest, then curiosity, and ended with a desire to read and learn more about these fascinating, historic, Antarctic heroes.
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"Another boring science book," I thought as I chose to read Shackleton’s Stowaway. What started with dismal hopes, and an attitude of “let's get this over as painless and quickly as possible,” turned into an interest, then curiosity, and ended with a desire to read and learn more about these fascinating, historic, Antarctic heroes.
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Dec 14, 2011
04alext
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Those who are optimistic often achieve more. I learned this from the true story Victoria McKernan tells called Shackleton's Stowaway.
In 1914, with the help of his friend Billy, eighteen year old Perce Blackborow stows away on the Endurance. After the ship sets sail to cross Antarctica, Perce is found. On their voyage across the sea, they get trapped by ice, and eventually the ship is broken. The Endurance crew works together through unbelievably difficult challenges, trying More...
In 1914, with the help of his friend Billy, eighteen year old Perce Blackborow stows away on the Endurance. After the ship sets sail to cross Antarctica, Perce is found. On their voyage across the sea, they get trapped by ice, and eventually the ship is broken. The Endurance crew works together through unbelievably difficult challenges, trying More...
