Collison, Linda, 1953-

Star-crossed / Starcrossed Linda Collison. - 1st ed. - New York : Knopf, c2006. - 408 p. : map ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-408).

Having been discovered as a stowaway as she tries to reach Barbados in 1760 to claim her father's estate, teenaged English orphan Patricia Kelley struggles to survive by learning to be a ship's doctor and by disguising herself as a man when necessary. Includes glossary of nautical terms.

ISBN: 0375933638 (lib. bdg.) 0375833633 9780375833632 9780375933639 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN: 2005035826

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Seafaring life--Fiction.
Sex role--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
West Indies--History--16th century--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.C69758 / Sat 2006

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]