In Eve Yohalem’s story “Cast Off,” twelve-year-old Petra flees her abusive father by stowing away aboard a ship, where she befriends Bram the ship carpenter’s son unexpectedly.
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Eve Yohalem
Eve Yohalem places young invented protagonists within carefully defined periods of travel and exchange. Cast Off begins in Amsterdam in 1663 with Petra de Winter fleeing an unwanted future and Bram Broen trying to restore his family’s fortunes. Both secure passage on a Dutch merchant…