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Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The magic treehouse whisks Jack and Annie back to the days of deserted islands, secret maps, hidden gold, and nasty pirates.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Shek Yeung sees a Portuguese sailor slay her husband, a feared pirate, she knows she must act swiftly or die. Instead of mourning, Shek Yeung launches a new plan: immediately marrying her husband's second-in-command, and agreeing to bear him a son and heir, in order to retain power over her half of the fleet. But as Shek Yeung vies for control over the army she knows she was born to lead, larger threats loom. The Chinese Emperor has charged...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Profiles twenty notable pirates throughout history and describes their adventures, the battles they fought, and the riches and cultural legacies they left behind.
24) Pirates
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Daniel and Vanessa Parker are an American success story. He is a Washington, D.C. power broker, and she is a physician with a thriving practice. But behind the gilded fac̦ade, their marriage is a shambles, and their teenage son, Quentin, is self-destructing. In desperation, Daniel dusts off a long-delayed dream of theirs--a sailing trip around the world. Little does he know, the voyage he hopes will save them may destroy them instead. Half a world...
27) Mad ship
Author
Series
Liveship traders volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Althea Vestrit is determined to get her liveship, Vivacia, back from the pirate captain Kennit.
30) The pirate games
Author
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
Jake, Izzy, and Cubby compete against Captain Hook's crew in the Never Land Pirate Games, for which the winners receive a golden trophy.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"In Boston, as the Golden Age of Piracy comes to a bloody close, Hannah Masury - bound out to service at a waterfront inn since childhood - is ready to take her life into her own hands. When a man is hanged for piracy in the town square and whispers of a treasure in the Caribbean spread, Hannah is forced to flee for her life, disguising herself as a cabin boy in the pitiless crew of the notorious pirate Edward "Ned" Low. To earn the freedom to choose...
34) Pirates
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Presents a history of piracy throughout the world, and discusses characteristics of buccaneers, privateers, and corsairs, including descriptions of weapons and daily life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021].
Language
English
Description
"When Enrique steals the treasure of El Bravo, Santiago, Lorelai and Tomás enlist the help of prima Tina to get it back! But can these Pirate Protectors still save the seas when Enrique teams up with another bad pirate?"--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
School Ship Tobermory volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ben and Fee MacTavish and their schoolmates on board the School Ship Tobermory are headed thousands of miles from their base in Mull to a small island in the Caribbean. They will learn extraordinary details about Captain Macbeth's past and come face to face with modern-day pirates. The students and crew aboard the Tobermory will have to band together and use their wits to escape harm and overcome the evil pirates.
Author
Publisher
Carlton Kids
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This highly illustrated swashbuckling title is a visual treat and a book for the whole family to treasure as the discover the real pirates of the Caribbean (and elsewhere). In Pirates: True Stories of Seafaring Rogues, Anne Rooney explore pirates throughout history and across the globe, coming face to face with some of the most villainous and scurrilous rogues ever to sail the seven seas. Included are the notorious Blackbeard, who terrorised the Caribbean...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The most powerful pirate in history was a woman who was born into poverty in Guangzhou, China, in the early 1800s. When pirates attacked her town and the captain took a liking to her, she saw a way out. Zheng Yi Sao agreed to marry him only if she got an equal share of his business. When her husband died six years later, she took command of the fleet. Over the next decade, the pirate queen built a fleet of over 1,800 ships and 70,000 men. On land...
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