It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Ahem, excuse me...
Avast ye mateys! It be the annual celebration of speaking after the manner of Buccaneer! Read these books landlubbers, unless ye wish to be run through like the scurvy dogs ye are!
Crogan's Vengeance by Christ Schweizer.
"'Catfoot' Crogan is an able-bodied mariner plying his trade for a dastardly
'legitimate' captain with a grudge against Crogan for a slight committed well
before he was born. But when his ship is taken by pirates, will Crogan stay
loyal to his law-abiding, if despicable, captain or will he find a new life on
the high seas living by the 'Pirate's Code'"?
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
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.
In a swashbuckling adventure reminiscent of Jules Verne and Robert Louis
Stevenson, Kenneth Oppel, author of the best-selling Silverwing trilogy, creates
an imagined world in which the air is populated by transcontinental voyagers,
pirates, and beings never before dreamed of by the humans who sail the skies.
Vampirates by Justin Somper
When twins Connor and Grace's ship is wrecked in a storm and Connor is rescued
by pirates, he believes that Grace has been taken aboard the mythical
Vampirate's ship, and he is determined to find her.
Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer
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.
One Piece by Oda,
Eiichiro
One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a 17-year-old boy who gains elastic abilities after inadvertently eating a supernatural fruit, and his diverse crew of pirates, named the Straw Hat Pirates. Luffy explores the ocean in search of the world's ultimate treasure known as the One Piece and to become the next Pirate King.
Piratica by Tanith Lee
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. Escaping from the school, she hunts up her mother's crew and breezily commands
them out to sea in a leaky boat. Unfortunately, Art's memories of her early life
may not be accurate-her seasick crew are actors, and Art's infamous mother was
the darling of the stage in a pirate drama. But fiery, pistol-proof Art soon
shapes her men into the cleverest pirate crew afloat.
The Price of Freedom by A.C. Crispin
Jack Sparrow is a merchant seaman for the East India Trading Company. His ship
is attacked by pirates and he is suddenly in command. He then is made commander
of the ship the Wicked Wench, by Cutler Beckett who sends Jack on a voyage to an
island called Zerzura to find treasure.
Steel by Carrie Vaughn
When Jill, a competitive high school fencer, goes with her family on vacation to
the Bahamas, she's magically transported to an early-eighteenth-century pirate
ship in the middle of the ocean.
To Catch a Pirate by Jade Parker
When Annalisa Townsend seeks revenge on the pirates who stole her father's
treasure a year before, one scallywag, James Sterling, who stole a kiss on their
first meeting, threatens to now also steal her heart.
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