Criminals and bad guys from the Old West to Japan are put to the test in this thrilling book. Each historical villains personal history and strengths and weaknesses are thoroughly detailed. Blackbeard vs. Eric the Red and Vlad the Impaler vs. Atilla the Hun are just some of the exciting bouts imagined in this volume.
In a place similar to the Caribbean in 1706, two fourteen-year-old "polliwogs"--humans who can walk on water--rely on a mysterious figure known as the Ghost Trader and a band of pirates to help them escape from the evil that is chasing them.
Explores the history and science of ten nasty pirates, including Captain Kidd, Henry Avery, the Barbarossa brothers, and Anne Bonny and Mary Read, and includes humorous illustrations, fact boxes, and sidebars.
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune as well as great danger.
With the death of his Great-Uncle Mungo, Jack learns to his dismay that, as the tenth-generation descendant of the Caribbean pirate Blackstrap Morgan, he is next in line to inherit the Pirate Curse and is fated to spend his life running from a vengeful band of pirates--unless he finds a way to outsmart them.
Collects four stories in which teenager Jack Sparrow and his crew search for the legendary Sword of Cort?s, but after acquiring it are stranded on a Caribbean island and must find a way to overcome the sword's power and leave.
