pirates

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pirates

The night pirates

2006
Despite the fact that he is "only a boy," Tom convinces the band of rough, tough, little girl pirates who have come to steal the front of his house to let him join in their adventures.

Treasure Island

1988
Classic tale of shipwreck and adventure.

Roger the jolly pirate

2004
While his shipmates face their toughest enemy, Roger has a chance to prove himself in a most unlikely way after being banished, as usual, below decks during the fighting.

Pirates of the Purple Dawn

2007
Eric, Julie, and Neal set out to find Princess Keeah, who has been kidnapped by Ving, the leader of the Hawk Bandits, and his sister Ming, the leader of the Hawk Pirates, who want to build the deadly city of Mokarto and need the young girl to tell them where the last Droon's magical stone can be found.

Bartholomew Roberts

2007
Traces the history of Bartholomew Roberts, eighteenth-century pirate, who went by the name of Black Bart; and describes how and why he turned to piracy and his pirates' code of conduct.

Captain Kidd

2007
Traces the history of William Kidd, seventeenth-century pirate that describes his adventures, treasures, and eventual hanging by the British crown.

The Barbarossa brothers

sixteenth-century pirates of the Barbary Coast
2002
Describes the lives of corsairs Arouj and Kheir-ed-din, the red-bearded Muslim brothers known as the Barbarossas, including Arouj's battles on the North African coast and Kheir-ed-din's surprise attack on Spain's Balearic Islands.

Anne Bonny and Mary Read

fearsome female pirates of the eighteenth century
2002
Describes the short lives of Mary Read and Anne Bonny, two eighteenth-century European strangers who wound up on the same ship as pirates, both disguised as men, and showed themselves to be just as tough as the men if not tougher.

Captain Kidd

seventeenth-century pirate of the Indian Ocean and African coast
2002
Chronicles the life of pirate William Kidd, describing his family in New York, his agreement to privateer for England, and his capture of the "Quedagh Merchant," for which he was hanged.

Jean Lafitte

pirate-hero of the war of 1812
2002
Tells the life story of pirate Jean Lafitte, including his key role in the Americans' victory at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.

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