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Chronicles the author's three years of captivity by Somali pirates, offering an exploration of foreign policy, religious extremism, and the costs of survival in the process.

Pirates Peg-Leg Tom, Angus Black, Dreadful Nell, and One-Eyed Jack chase ships on the high seas, tell ghost stories, and fall asleep counting gold instead of sheep.

He was a British merchant, manufacturer, insurer, and spy, but Daniel Defoe eventually found his true calling as a writerand his masterful fiction has endeared him to readers all over the world. A prolific author who published over 500 novels, travel guides, pamphlets, and journals, he was best known for his 1719 adventure novel Robinson Crusoe. Soon after the enormous success ofRobinson Crusoe, Defoe wrote this compelling account of high-seas drama...

The Time Soldiers travel through the time portal to find themselves in the middle of a pirate battle.

Describes the lives and activities of pirates.

Pirates Blackbeard Johnson and his brothers, Eyepatch Sue, and others sail over to Peg Leg Jones' for a happily chaotic pirate jamboree--until the S.S. Clean Your Room (otherwise known as Mrs. Jones) arrives and playtime is definitely over.

Characters locate a variety of hidden objects when they pretend to be pirates.

Olive worries that having her seventh-birthday pirate party at her Aunt Tiffany's house will be a disappointment.