It’s the pirate’s life for Kitto in this “exciting and richly detailed historical swashbuckler” (Publishers Weekly).Twelve-year-old Christopher, aka Kitto, is seemingly doomed to follow in the footsteps of his father as a barrel-maker in seventeenth-century England, especially because of his clubfoot. Yet Kitto longs for more. And after his father is murdered and his stepmother and brother are kidnapped, he has no choice but to set off on a dangerous seafa...

Kitto’s adventure continues in the suspenseful sequel to The Dagger Quick, which School Library Journal called a “quest perfect for landlubbers and pirate aficionados alike.”On the high seas of the Caribbean in the 1600s, a twelve-year-old boy, Kitto, stands wrongly accused of his father’s murder and is forced into adulthood too quickly as he tries to prove his innocence. After a brutal shark attack, Kitto must take refuge on a forsaken island tha...

Live large in this side-splitting follow-up to the bestselling Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life as Rafe heads off to Art School!After sixth grade, the very worst year of his life, Rafe Khatchadorian thinks he has it made in seventh grade. He's been accepted to art school in the big city and imagines a math-and-history-free fun zone. Wrong! It's more competitive than Rafe ever expected, and to score big in class, he needs to find a way to ...

Imagine being one of only a handful of lucky souls to escape a horrific shipwreck alive -- only to discover that the island you've washed up on is a popular waypoint for marauding pirate crews. Will these scrappy survivors make it home? Read Harry Collingwood's The Pirate Island to find out.

A heartwarming holiday story from Audrey Couloumbis, the Newbery Honor–winning author of Getting Near to Baby. With beautiful writing and an endearing young narrator so honest and full of hope that you can't help but fall in love with him, Audrey Couloumbis tells a story, of a young boy and the grandfather that he’s just getting to know, that will make readers laugh and cry and, most of all, appreciate the gift of family.It's a few days before Christmas when ten-year-old J...

The story follows the adventures of the protagonist, Will Osten, a young sailor who finds himself shipwrecked on a remote island in the South Pacific. Will soon discovers that the island is inhabited by a group of pirates led by a mysterious and ruthless figure known as Captain Black.As Will struggles to survive and escape from the clutches of the pirates, he encounters various dangers and challenges, including treacherous terrain, wild animals, and the ruthless tactics of Captain Black. A...

Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat--creator of The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend and After the Fall--takes readers on the road trip of a lifetime!"Are we there yet?" Every parent has heard this classic kid question on a long car ride--and after reading this astonishingly inventive new book (that even turns upside down for several pages!), you'll never look at being bored the same way again.Let's face it: everyone knows that car r...

Henry Harrison is twelve-years-old and something of a minor tearaway. He is also, quite incorrectly, the prime suspect of the armed robbery of a market trader and, as the novel begins, on the run from the law.Anxious to clear his name, he finds midnight sanctuary, illegally, in the home of a retired professor of physics, but rather than immediately hand him over to the police, the professor listens to his trespasser's tale with some sympathy and even offers to help Henry clear his ...

Jasper is thrilled when he finds his dad’s favorite childhood toy, Marcel Mouse, at his grandmother’s place. He’s so afraid to lose the family treasure that he keeps Marcel on a string around his neck. But sometimes Jasper has to take off the little plastic mouse, and that leads to all sorts of trouble. First, Marcel goes missing from under Jasper’s pillow, then he gets sent to the principal’s office and disappears again! Then one day, something TERRIBLE happens, and it seems Marcel might ...

The Ghastly McNasty pirate twins are close to finding the long-lost treasure rumored to be buried in Little Snoring Castle. Lucky for them, they’re not the only pirates in town — Little Snoring villagers sport cutlasses and eye patches, hoping to be hired as extras for the pirate movie being filmed at the castle. Posing as actors is the perfect cover for a couple of ghastly pirates trying to sneak into the castle … until best friends Hetty and Tat spy the duo. Can the kids outwit the nitwi...

From the author of the global phenomenon and New York Times bestselling Ranger's Apprentice!Hal and his brotherband crew are hot on the trail of the pirate Zavac and they have one thing only on their minds: Stopping the bloodthirsty thief before he can do more damage. Of course, they also know Zavac has the Andomal, the priceless Skandian artifact stolen when the brotherband let down their guard. The chase leads down mighty rivers, terrifying rapids, to th...

Grandpa’s Great Escape, from Children's author David Walliams.Jack’s Grandpa…*wears his slippers to the supermarket*serves up Spam à la Custard for dinner*and often doesn’t remember Jack’s nameBut he can still take to the skies in a speeding Spitfire and save the day…