Author: Margaret Mahy
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780140371284
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Captain Wafer and the crew of the Sinful Sausage set sail for the Thousand Islands with a plot to kidnap a famous inventor, only to be thwarted by a witch, a firedrake, and the dastardly Dr. Silkweed.
The Pirates' Mixed-Up Voyage
Author: Margaret Mahy
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780140371284
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Captain Wafer and the crew of the Sinful Sausage set sail for the Thousand Islands with a plot to kidnap a famous inventor, only to be thwarted by a witch, a firedrake, and the dastardly Dr. Silkweed.
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780140371284
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Captain Wafer and the crew of the Sinful Sausage set sail for the Thousand Islands with a plot to kidnap a famous inventor, only to be thwarted by a witch, a firedrake, and the dastardly Dr. Silkweed.
The Pirates' Mixed-up Voyage
Author: Margaret Mahy
Publisher: Mammoth
ISBN: 9780416511505
Category : Pirates
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Captain Lionel Wafer and his fellow pirates - Toad, Brace-and-Bit and Winkle - are no ordinary ruffians. Bobbing up and down on the ocean blue in their ship, The Sinful Sausage, they hatch a dastardly plan to kidnap the famous inventor, Humbert Cash-Cash, from his sunshine retreat in the Thousand Islands (or, at the very least, steal his diamond doorknob!). This is just the start of many improbable plots and hilarious adventures on the high seas.
Publisher: Mammoth
ISBN: 9780416511505
Category : Pirates
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Captain Lionel Wafer and his fellow pirates - Toad, Brace-and-Bit and Winkle - are no ordinary ruffians. Bobbing up and down on the ocean blue in their ship, The Sinful Sausage, they hatch a dastardly plan to kidnap the famous inventor, Humbert Cash-Cash, from his sunshine retreat in the Thousand Islands (or, at the very least, steal his diamond doorknob!). This is just the start of many improbable plots and hilarious adventures on the high seas.
The Journey to Dragon Island
Author: Claire Fayers
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1250138949
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
In this sequel to The Voyage to Magical North, Brine, Peter, Cassie and crew return for another swashbuckling adventure on the high seas. Reaching the edge of the world can't stop the crew of the Onion! It's westward ho in search of dragons, no matter the obstacles. And there are obstacles. Flesh-eating vines, violent locals, and mischievous magi—not to mention Marfak West's ghost—meet the pirates when they land on the Western Island, where a volcano threatens to end them all. Together, Brine and Peter might just be able to save the crew, the island, and themselves. Or they might all go up in flames. It really could go either way.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1250138949
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
In this sequel to The Voyage to Magical North, Brine, Peter, Cassie and crew return for another swashbuckling adventure on the high seas. Reaching the edge of the world can't stop the crew of the Onion! It's westward ho in search of dragons, no matter the obstacles. And there are obstacles. Flesh-eating vines, violent locals, and mischievous magi—not to mention Marfak West's ghost—meet the pirates when they land on the Western Island, where a volcano threatens to end them all. Together, Brine and Peter might just be able to save the crew, the island, and themselves. Or they might all go up in flames. It really could go either way.
A Cruising Voyage Round the World
Author: Woodes Rogers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
The Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons
Author: Barbara Mariconda
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062119818
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
The Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons is a beautifully written middle-grade fantasy adventure that Newbery Medal–winning author Katherine Applegate says is "as magical and mysterious as the sea itself." Ever since her parents died, Lucy's house has magically awakened. An enchanted flute plays when danger is near. A sparkling mist unlocks drawers of family secrets. A mysterious woman named Marni arrives. The magic helps Lucy keep her house out of the hands of her greedy Uncle Victor. As Lucy and Marni fight to stop Victor, Lucy makes unexpected friends and discovers the power of courage. But will it be enough to prevail in the face of her evil uncle? Readers who love novels like Avi's The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle or the American Girl books will love the timeless adventure in The Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062119818
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
The Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons is a beautifully written middle-grade fantasy adventure that Newbery Medal–winning author Katherine Applegate says is "as magical and mysterious as the sea itself." Ever since her parents died, Lucy's house has magically awakened. An enchanted flute plays when danger is near. A sparkling mist unlocks drawers of family secrets. A mysterious woman named Marni arrives. The magic helps Lucy keep her house out of the hands of her greedy Uncle Victor. As Lucy and Marni fight to stop Victor, Lucy makes unexpected friends and discovers the power of courage. But will it be enough to prevail in the face of her evil uncle? Readers who love novels like Avi's The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle or the American Girl books will love the timeless adventure in The Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons.
Tell You What
Author: Jolisa Gracewood
Publisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 1775587754
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A fantastic collection of recent nonfiction essays, Tell You What contains live, wild, true stories from contemporary New Zealand. On the web and the wireless, in magazines and journals, at prizegivings and powhiri, New Zealanders are writing about the world. Essays and articles, speeches and submissions, tweets and travelogues—this book collects some of New Zealand's best nonfiction from the past year into one anthology. Featuring New Zealand writers such as Steve Braunias, Lara Strongman, Eleanor Catton, and Tina Makereti, it explores a range of subjects, from mountain climbing and family secrets to cannibal snails and dangerous swims.
Publisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 1775587754
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A fantastic collection of recent nonfiction essays, Tell You What contains live, wild, true stories from contemporary New Zealand. On the web and the wireless, in magazines and journals, at prizegivings and powhiri, New Zealanders are writing about the world. Essays and articles, speeches and submissions, tweets and travelogues—this book collects some of New Zealand's best nonfiction from the past year into one anthology. Featuring New Zealand writers such as Steve Braunias, Lara Strongman, Eleanor Catton, and Tina Makereti, it explores a range of subjects, from mountain climbing and family secrets to cannibal snails and dangerous swims.
Pink!
Author: Lynne Rickards
Publisher: 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'
ISBN: 1499486545
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Pink! is a heartwarming story about learning to be different. Patrick wakes up one morning to find he’s turned pink overnight. But boys can’t be pink! Rejected by his friends, poor Patrick runs away in search of new pink playmates. He crosses oceans where he finds some pink flamingos, but will he ever fit in with them? Patrick soon learns that friendship is never black and white, but that real friends will accept you just as you are.
Publisher: 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'
ISBN: 1499486545
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Pink! is a heartwarming story about learning to be different. Patrick wakes up one morning to find he’s turned pink overnight. But boys can’t be pink! Rejected by his friends, poor Patrick runs away in search of new pink playmates. He crosses oceans where he finds some pink flamingos, but will he ever fit in with them? Patrick soon learns that friendship is never black and white, but that real friends will accept you just as you are.
How I Became a Pirate
Author: Melinda Long
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152018481
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
"Pirates have green teeth when they have any teeth at all. I know about pirates, because one day, when I was at the beach building a sand castle and minding my own business, a pirate ship sailed into view."So proclaims Jeremy Jacob, a boy who joins Captain Braid Beard and his crew in this witty look at the finer points of pirate life by the Caldecott Honor winning illustrator David Shannon and the storyteller Melinda Long. Jeremy learns how to say scurvy dog, sing sea chanteys, and throw food . . . but he also learns that there are no books or good night kisses on board: Pirates don t tuck. A swashbuckling adventure with fantastically silly, richly textured illustrations that suit the story to a T. "
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152018481
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
"Pirates have green teeth when they have any teeth at all. I know about pirates, because one day, when I was at the beach building a sand castle and minding my own business, a pirate ship sailed into view."So proclaims Jeremy Jacob, a boy who joins Captain Braid Beard and his crew in this witty look at the finer points of pirate life by the Caldecott Honor winning illustrator David Shannon and the storyteller Melinda Long. Jeremy learns how to say scurvy dog, sing sea chanteys, and throw food . . . but he also learns that there are no books or good night kisses on board: Pirates don t tuck. A swashbuckling adventure with fantastically silly, richly textured illustrations that suit the story to a T. "
Fergus Crane
Author: Paul Stewart
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0440866545
Category : Adventure and adventurers
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Nine-year-old Fergus Crane's life is filled with classes on the school ship Betty Jeanne, interesting neighbors, and helping with his mother's work until a mysterious box flies into his window and leads him toward adventure.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0440866545
Category : Adventure and adventurers
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Nine-year-old Fergus Crane's life is filled with classes on the school ship Betty Jeanne, interesting neighbors, and helping with his mother's work until a mysterious box flies into his window and leads him toward adventure.
The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones
Author: Will Mabbitt
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141355158
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The first book by brilliant new comic author, Will Mabbitt. When Mabel Jones unknowingly commits 'The Deed' she finds herself swiftly bundled into a sack and carried off to the pirate ship the Feroshus Maggot. Crewed by the strangest bunch of pirates you would ever want to meet and captained by the dreaded Idryss Ebeneezer Split (a wolf with a false leg carved from a human thighbone, a rusty cutlass sheathed in his belt and a loaded pistol tucked in his pants with no fear of the consequences), theFeroshus Maggot whisks Mabel Jones off on the adventure of a lifetime. This ebook has been optimised for viewing on colour devices.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141355158
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The first book by brilliant new comic author, Will Mabbitt. When Mabel Jones unknowingly commits 'The Deed' she finds herself swiftly bundled into a sack and carried off to the pirate ship the Feroshus Maggot. Crewed by the strangest bunch of pirates you would ever want to meet and captained by the dreaded Idryss Ebeneezer Split (a wolf with a false leg carved from a human thighbone, a rusty cutlass sheathed in his belt and a loaded pistol tucked in his pants with no fear of the consequences), theFeroshus Maggot whisks Mabel Jones off on the adventure of a lifetime. This ebook has been optimised for viewing on colour devices.