seventeenth-century pirate of the Indian Ocean and African coast
Weintraub, Aileen
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.
After Jake accepts Captain Kidd's offer of becoming his new cabin boy, Jake brings the--invisible--pirate home, and learns ways to deal with Boris Baxter, the biggest bully in school, from Richard Barleycorn, Kidd's current cabin boy.
