Arr Matey!: Here Be Books About Pirates
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Airborn Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface. Sequel: Skybreaker awards: Michael L. Printz Honor: 2005, SLJ Best Books for Children: 2004, ALA Best Books for Young Adults: 2005, ALA Notable Children's Books: 2005, ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: 2005 and more. subjects: Airships, Pirates, Imaginary Creatures, Fantasy, Animals-Mythical |
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Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary
"Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy Reduced to begging and thievery in the streets of London, a thirteen-year-old orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British warship set for high sea adventure in search of pirates. Sequels: Curse of the Blue Tattoo, Under the Jolly Roger. awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults: 2005 subjects: Orphans, Seafaring Life, Sea Stories, Pirates, Sex Role |
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The Dark Frigate A young man dares not return to England after his ship is taken over by pirates and he becomes a member of their crew. awards: John Newbery Medal: 1924 subjects: Pirates, Sea Stories |
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The Man With a Silver Oar In 1718, fifteen-year-old Daniel leaves his guardian uncle's Quaker household to stowaway on a ship in pursuit of a pirate captain bent on raiding the coast of North America before returning to port in Hispaniola. subjects: Pirates, Seafaring Life, Adventure and Adventurers, Orphans, Quakers, Philadelphia (Pa.), Atlantic Coast (US), Hispaniola-History-18th Century |
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Mutiny! The lawless Caribbean of the 1680s is a hotbed of sailors, spies, and pirate gold, where the line between patriot and privateer is a thin one. New to this exciting and dangerous world, fourteen-year-old orphan Davy Shea arrives a the home of his disreputable uncle Patch...Sequel: The Guns of Tortuga, Heart of Steele. subjects: Sailors, Caribbean Islands, Pirates |
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Peter and the Starcatchers Don't even think of starting this book unless you're sitting in a comfortable chair and have lots of time. A fast-paced, impossible-to-put-down adventure awaits as the young orphan Peter and his mates are dispatched to an island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They set sail aboard the Never Land, a ship carrying a precious and mysterious trunk in its cargo hold but the journey quickly becomes fraught with excitement and danger. Discover richly developed characters in the sweet but sophisticated Molly, the scary but familiar Black Stache, and the fearless Peter. Treacherous battles with pirates, foreboding thunderstorms at sea, and evocative writing immerse the reader in a story that slowly and finally reveals the secrets and mysteries of the beloved Peter Pan. awards: Great Stone Face Award Nominees: 2006, and more. subjects: Magic, Pirates, Orphans, Characters in Literature, Friendship, Islands, Humorous Stories, Peter Pan (Fictitious Character), Fantasy |
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Piratica: Being a Daring Tale of a Singular Girl's Adventure on
the High Seas A bump on the head restores Art's memories of her mother and the exciting life they led, so the sixteen-year-old leaves Angels Academy for Young Maidens, seeks out the pirates who were her family before her mother's death, and leads them back to adventure on the high seas. subjects: Pirates, Sex Role, Actors, Adventures and Adventurers, Great Britain-History, |
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The Pirates of Pensacola For older readers. The Cooke and Hood families have been at each other's throats since the Spanish Main days. The latest chapter in their piratic rivalry takes place in 2004, when an old treasure map turns up. None of this seems to matter to Morgan Cooke, a cowardly, landlubbing accountant entirely ignorant of his heritage until his estranged father, Isaac, in need of crewmen, kidnaps him and thrusts him into the fray. When Morgan wakes up on a boat in the middle of the Caribbean, he learns that piracy still flourishes, albeit with far more discretion than in the old days--pirates disguise their fast boats as shrimpers or tugs--but with no less bloodshed. Judging even a shot at riches vastly preferable to a return to his lonely, fluorescent-lit work station existence, Morgan pierces his ear, dons the eye patch and peg leg, and set sail for glorious adventure. subjects: Pirates, Fathers and Sons, Vendetta, Treasure-Troves, Florida, Caribbean Area |
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The Pirate's Son Left penniless in eighteenth century England, fourteen-year-old Nathan Gull and his mousy sister Maud accompany Tamo, the son of a notorious pirate, to his homeland of Madagascar where they are all changed by their encounter with Tamo's dangerous past. subjects: Pirates, Madagascar-History-to 1810 |
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Pirates! The True and Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharpe and
Nancy Kington, Female Pirates In 1722, after arriving with her brother at the family's Jamaican plantation where she is to be married off, sixteen-year-old Nancy Kington escapes with her slave friend, Minerva Sharpe, and together they become pirates traveling the world in search of treasure. awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults: 2004, Tayshas Reading List: 2006, and more. subjects: Pirates, Blacks-Jamaica, Slavery, Jamaica-History-18th Century, Adventure and Adventurers, Sea Stories |
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Terry and the Pirates When sixteen-year-old Terry Talley stows away on a yacht, she doesn't expect to encounter another runaway and end up shipwrecked on a tiny island with a bunch of oddball pirates who are looking for some buried treasure. subjects: Pirates, Buried Treasure, Islands |
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The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story When his older sister disappears, twelve-year-old Buddy Stebbins follows her back in time and finds himself aboard a seventeenth-century pirate ship captained by a distant relative. subjects: Time Travel, Pirates, Brothers and Sisters |
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Tom Cringle: Battle on the High Seas During the War of 1812, a thirteen-year-old officer in the British navy records in his logbook his capture by pirates off the coast of Jamaica. Sequel: Tom Cringle: The Pirate and the Patriot. subjects: Pirates, Diaries, Sea Stories |
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Treasure Island While going through the possessions of a decreased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune. subjects: Buried Treasure, Pirates, Adventure and Adventurers |
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The Voyage of the Arctic Tern A simple fisherman betrays his village for a handful of jewels, a group of courageous Englishmen foils a traitorous Spanish pirate, and a lost soul seeks to redress an ancient wrong by finding a treasure chest. subjects: Seafaring Life, Pirates, Adventures and Adventurers, Stories in Rhyme |
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The Wreckers Shipwrecked after a vicious storm, fourteen-year-old John Spencer attempts to save his father and himself while also dealing with an evil secret about the English coastal town where they are stranded. Sequels: The Smugglers, The Buccaneers. awards: Rebecca Caudill Award Nominees: 2003, William Allen White Award Nominees: 2001, and more. subjects: Shipwrecks, Survival, England, Fathers and Sons |
List updated October 2005— Patti Cook
