pirates

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The pirate's son

1998
Left penniless in eighteenth century England, fourteen-year-old Nathan Gull and his mousy sister Maud accompany Tamo, the son of a notorious pirate, to his homeland of Madagascar where they are all changed by their encounter with Tamo's dangerous past.

Treasure Island

1980
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.

Under the black flag

1993
The son of a plantation owner in Jamaica is kidnapped by the pirate Blackbeard and held for ransom. He befriends a young slave from another pirate ship and together they plan their escape.

The ballad of the pirate queens

1995
Two women who sailed with Calico Jack Rackham and his pirates in the early 1700s do their best to defend their ship while the men on board are busy drinking.

Blackbeard, the pirate king

2006
A collection of biographical poems about the real-life adventures and the myths of the eighteenth-century Pirate King Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard.

I want to be a pirate

2012
Easy-to-follow steps and informational photographs describe a pirate's costume.

Cupcakes of doom!

2008
A humorous tale of Captain Scurvybeard and his band of pirates as they battle Vikings on the high seas, in the courtroom, and in the pastry marketplace, competing to find the coveted recipe for the Cupcakes of Doom, the legendary dessert.

Shiver me letters

a pirate ABC
2006
Having decided that R is not enough for them, a bumbling band of pirates sets sail on a quest to capture the rest of the alphabet.

Attack of the bandit cats

2004
Newspaper editor Geronimo Stilton accidentally publishes a phone book with the wrong numbers, and when Thea, Trap, and Benjamin ask him to go on a quest in search of silver on a legendary island, he jumps at the chance, only to be attacked and captured by pirate cats.

What if you met a pirate?

an historical voyage of seafaring speculation
2004
Pictures and text describe what pirates were really like, especially the pirates of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries.

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