Stowed Away

This series of nonfiction readers will grab a student's interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 64-page softcover books offer short chapters on high-interest headlines. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading. Desperate and poor, stowaways risk their lives in an attempt to secure freedom or a better life. Some succeed; others suffer tragedy and heartbreak. But people aren't the only kind of stowaways. Some stowaways are illegal or endangered animals that could wreck havoc on native ecosystems. Learn the fate of some famous and infamous stowaways.