Hold Fast

by Marshall Highet and Bird Jones

It is 1761 off the coast of Italy, and 13-year-old Joseph Carlos and his cousin have just been kidnapped by the British Navy and impressed into service on the Deptford, a British man-of-war. Just the day before the two boys were happily sailing with their uncle on a routine merchant passage, dreaming of owning their own ship one day and returning home to the warmth and safety of their family. What was supposed to be a "punishment" for a childish misadventure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493039431
• ISBN13: 9781493039432
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 11 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 6 to Postsecondary