My Book of Pirate Stories

My Book of Pirate Stories

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Publisher's Synopsis

Hoist the Jolly Roger and set sail on a sea of adventure with these six swashbuckling pirate stories. Enjoy a brand new version of the classic pirate tale Treasure Island and five original stories of crocodiles and curses, sharks and shipwrecks, treasure maps and treachery...

The Curse of Crocodile Cove: a treasure hunt on a crocodile-infested island ends in disaster.

The Ghostly Galleon: some angry skeletons have come to claim their stolen treasure.

The Secret of the Masked Marauder: A band of silly pirates are tricked by a mysterious stranger.

Captain Goldbuckle and the Shark: a pirate is taught an important lesson about the dangers of greed. The Stowaway and the Seamonster: Ella sneaks aboard a pirate ship on the lookout for adventure, but she may have bitten off more than she can chew as she is drawn into a royal kidnapping!

About the Publisher

Hutchinson

Hutchinson

Founded in 1887 by George Hutchinson with capital of three thousand pounds, Hutchinson opened for business in the basement of 25 Paternostor Row, near St Paul's Cathedral. It is the home of fiction that you have to press into the hands of your friends and non-fiction that is entertaining and erudite. We publish bestsellers, Helen Dunmore, Sebastian Faulks, Robert Harris, Douglas Kennedy and Ruth Rendell, book club favourites, Aimee Bender, Anna Quindlen. We are committed to discovering new talent that combine a distinctive voice with great storytelling skills and recent acquisitions include Bonnie Nadzam, longlisted for the Women?s Prize, New York Times bestsellers, Sloane Crosley, Ayana Mathis, Marisha Pessl and Amor Towles.

Book information

ISBN: 9780857540157
Publisher: RHCP
Imprint: Hutchinson
Number of pages: 144
Weight: -1g
Height: 271mm
Width: 223mm