The pirate kids make lists for Santa and prepare presents for the entire crew--a fresh batch of sea slug cookies for everyone! But Rotten Tooth is acting like a Scrooge, and convinces the kids that Santa won't deliver the presents because he won't be able to find the ship. Pete has a great idea: sail the ship to the North Pole! Before they know it, the Sea Rat is stuck in a sheet of ice and snow is pounding down. How will the pirate kids get out of this Christmas mess?

Hello, I’m Brian James, you’re going to love Lucky the Amazing Dog Jockey.You’ll discover how this three legged little Aussie terrier goes from a city dog, who’s never seen a horse, to become a world famous jockey, accidentally!In the second part we follow Lucky and his horse friend Bardot to America, where he rides in one of the world’s most famous horse races - theKentucky Derby. What happens in that race will amaze and surprise you.Children and adults wil...

The pirate ship’s first mate, Rotten Tooth, sees Pete and his friends more as an annoyance than pirates in training. As the ship heads toward Snake Island, Pete has an idea to earn some respect—if the kids can find the hidden treasure before the grown-ups, then they’ll have to be taken seriously! Only one problem: The treasure is guarded by a giant snake that curses anyone who looks in its eyes. Can the pirate kids find the treasure, earn the pirates’ respect, and escape certain death?

While on watch in the crow’s nest, the pirate kids spot something gaining on their ship: a ghost ship! Rotten Tooth refuses to believe them, so the kids know that they have to solve this mystery themselves. They spend a night on deck waiting for the ghost ship to approach, and then they plan to board it. But is it even possible to step onto a ghost ship? And if it is, is it possible to get off of it?

A spellbinding trip of a novel about three friend breaking apart in their quest to stave off boredom and sameness. It's not about the drugs. It's not about the girls or the fights or the fading streetlights. It's about two nights that weren't going to be different from the rest, but then took a turn. It's about trying to find out who you are and who your real friends are. It's about everything being the same, the same, the same. It's about nothing being the same again. It's about Brendon, ...

They?ve done it!!! The pirate kids have found buried treasure!!! Too bad Rotten Tooth was there to take it away, mumbling something about scallywags . . . But when all the pirates on the Sea Rat come down with a mysterious illness, the kids start to wonder if it could have something to do with their treasure. Could it be cursed?

The Blitz. London 1941. Forgotten by their schools, left to fend for themselves by fathers at war and mothers overwhelmed, thousands of the city’s children run wild in its rubble-filled streets. Tommy’s older brother has gone AWOL and taken refuge in the attic. Wilkie’s abusive, alcoholic father poses a threat of violence more real than anything a German bomber can do. Alan wakes to play among the bombsites and burned-out houses, haunted by nightmares of yesterday’s horrors—and the fear of...

Say hello to New England mobsters and special agents of the " B ". Would they ever strike a symbiotic relationship beneficial to each? Author Brian James puts the above premise in play within the opening chapters of his latest work … CHASE. Not content to get his own ass in a sling, he quickly entraps his family and friends in dangerous circumstances and unjustified suspicion. The autocratic powers James poked fun at in his two earlier books have now had enough of him. Travel then up and d...

Rotten Tooth has finally decided it’s time to teach the pirate kids some real pirating skills! They are overjoyed—until he begins by showing them how to tie and untie different knots. BOR-ING! But one night while the kids are below deck practicing their knots, the Sea Rat comes under attack by the Filthy Sails, a rival pirate ship! When the intruders overtake the ship, it’s up to the kids to sneak around and figure out how to save their crew. Can they save the Sea Rat and its crew?

AS FEATURED BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, STREETINSIDER, NEWSBREAK AND AFFILIATES OF CBS, NBC, FOX, and ABC.THREE FRIENDS. ONE PORTAL. NO RETURN.Alex, Tilly, and Max never meant to step through an ancient portal. But with no choice, they're hurled into an otherworldly realm with alien skies and strange creatures.Days later, they're racing through underground catacombs beneath medieval Rome while a v...

Amos Alonzo Stagg is referred to as the Grand Ol' Man of Football. He died on St. Patrick's Day in 1965 at the ripe old age of 102! Today's Stagg Bowl, which determines the D-3 collegiate pigskin champion, is so named in his honor. Thank the good Lord, he was not on this earth to Google the shameless season of the purple-clad Generals and the wild exploits of 19-year-old defensive back, Brian James, or A. A. Stagg may have been wearin' of the green and feelin' ill much before the 17th of M...

Henry liked to imagine his life began that cold rainy day in San Francisco when Mr. Earnshaw found him shivering by the side of the road. That was the day Henry met Catherine. For Henry, Catherine is like a precious gift. She pushes away his angry thoughts and makes him feel safe and calm. And though Mr. Earnshaw, a widow, raises the orphan and Catherine as brother and sister, their love for each other goes much deeper. They vow to always be together.But everything changes when Mr. ...