Stowaway

2020 Red Maple Fiction Award Shortlisted 2021 Chocolate Lily Award Winner The fast-paced and suspenseful plot will keep readers rooting for Owen, Arturo, and the others. School Library Journal Owens 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?