sea stories

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Pirates!

the true and remarkable adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, female pirates
2005
At the dawn of the eighteenth century, Nancy Kington and Minerva Sharpe, set sail from Jamaica on a pirate vessel, hoping to escape from an arranged marriage and slavery.

20,000 leagues under the sea

2004
An adaptation of the nineteenth-century science fiction tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and the undersea world, which anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century.

Captain Hannah Pritchard

the hunt for pirate gold
2012
Still disguised as a boy, now-seventeen-year-old Hannah Pritchard and her crew aboard the ship Hannah carry out missions for the Continental navy while searching for lost pirate treasure and trying to evade an evil pirate captain.

The dark frigate

1996
In seventeenth-century England, orphaned Philip Marsham, forced to flee London after a terrible accident, finds himself in an even more difficult situation when his ship is taken over by pirates and he is forced to become a member of their crew.

Loud Emily

1998
A little girl with a big voice who lives in a nineteenth-century whaling town finds a way to be useful and happy aboard a sailing ship.

The mark of the golden dragon

being an account of the further adventures of Jacky Faber, jewel of the East, vexation of the West, and pearl of the South China Sea
2011
In 1807, having survived a typhoon in the East Indies, Jacky Faber makes her way to London to seek a pardon for herself and her betrothed, Jaimy Fletcher, who, posing as a highwayman, is trying to avenge her supposed death.

Hunting the Dragon

2010
An eighteen-year-old surf bum joins forces with a dolphin activist and his young assistant as they try to find and sink a ship whose pirate crew is killing dolphins along with the tuna they catch and sell.

20,000 leagues under the sea

2005
Retells the adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo.

Powder monkey

the adventures of Sam Witchall
2005
Thirteen-year-old Sam endures harsh conditions, battles, and a shipwreck after being pressed into service aboard the HMS Miranda during the Napoleonic Wars.

Sea chase

2004
Fifteen-year-old Brodie embarks on a desperate rescue mission when his father falls overboard from their small yacht in the middle of the night, and Brodie learns he has been mistaken for a wealthy businessman and is being held for ransom.

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