Theme: Pirates

Hurricane Dancers

By Book Importer | Published: May 3, 2011

Quebrado has been traded from pirate ship to ship in the Caribbean Sea for as long as he can remember. The sailors he toils under call him el quebrado—half islander, half outsider, a broken one. Now the pirate captain Bernardino de Talavera uses Quebrado as a translator to help navigate the worlds and words between [...]

Descriptors: Awards, Caribbean, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Newbery, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

Marco Polo

By Book Importer | Published: May 3, 2011

Immerse yourself in this interactive introduction to one of history’s greatest adventurers. Travel along the Silk Road to medieval China with Marco Polo as your guide. Meet the warlord Kublai Khan and sail through pirate-infested seas in search of riches beyond measure. Including booklets, foldouts, and maps, as well as excerpts from The Travels of [...]

Descriptors: Europe, Italy, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

The Angel’s Command

By Book Importer | Published: April 28, 2011

Ben and his Labrador, Ned, castaways from the legendary ghost ship Flying Dutchman, swore never go to sea again-but a mishap in South America lands them aboard a French pirate ship with not one, but two villainous sea captains in pursuit. To make matters worse, Ben is still haunted by visions of Captain Vanderdecken, whose [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , » 1 Comment

Pirate Treasure Map: A Fairytale Adventure

By Book Importer | Published: February 8, 2010

The creators of FAIRYTALE NEWS mix up favorite tales in a comical quest with a pull-out treasure map.Little Jack Hubbard can’t wait to set sail with Cap’n Horatio Hubbard on a hunt for long-lost treasure. But the ship’s wolfish crew are suspiciously big and bad, and soon Jack is diving into the waves to rescue [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Folklore, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

A High Wind in Jamaica (New York Review Books Classics)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Richard Hughes’s celebrated short novel is a masterpiece of concentrated narrative. Its dreamlike action begins among the decayed plantation houses and overwhelming natural abundance of late nineteenth-century Jamaica, before moving out onto the high seas, as Hughes tells the story of a group of children thrown upon the mercy of a crew of down-at-the-heel pirates. [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Fantasy, Jamaica, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Moneylender’s Daughter

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 22, 2007

In 1637, Adam Windjammer, now sixteen years old, confronts danger in the New World as he tries to restore his family’s fortune, while fourteen-year-old Jade Van Helson struggles in Amsterdam against her moneylender father’s decree that she marry a wealthy, eldery Englishman.

Descriptors: England (UK), Europe, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , » Comments closed

Larklight : A Rousing Tale Of Dauntless Pluck In The Farthest Reaches Of Space

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 19, 2007

<!–[if !supportEmptyParas]–> <!–[endif]–>In an alternate Victorian England, young Arthur and his sister Myrtle, residents of Larklight, a floating house in one of Her Majesty’s outer space territories, uncover a spider plot to destroy the solar system.

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Flour Babies

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

When his class of underachievers is assigned to spend three torturous weeks taking care of their own ‘babies’ in the form of bags of flour, Simon makes amazing discoveries about himself while coming to terms with his long-absent father.

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On Ram

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

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Descriptors: Americas, Fiction, Mexico, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: » Comments closed

The Space Between Our Footsteps: Poems And Paintings From The Middle East

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A collection of poetry and artistic works by people from the Middle East invites readers to explore a mosaic of culture, tradition, and common human ground, and includes additional notes of interest about the contributors.

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