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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
If it is possible to make an individual ship fairly safe from pirate attack, why is it so difficult to eradicate the worldwide practice of piracy? Governments in the Americas and Asia have tried to eliminate entire pirate-friendly coastal settlements, but their efforts have never been truly successful. Explore the complex motivations that still attract individuals to "turn pirate."
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Odyssey Award for Audiobook Recording
Children's Classics: Abridged
Children's Classics: for Middle School Students
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile 900 to 999
Children's Classics: Abridged
Children's Classics: for Middle School Students
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile 900 to 999
Description
Young Jim Hawkins and his friends set sail for Treasure Island, hoping to find the buried loot of Captain Flint, fiercest of all the pirates. But, unknown to them, the crew of their own ship is made up of Flint's former crew, led by the evil one-legged pirate Long John Silver. Once on the island, JIm and his friends must find the buried treasure and escape before the pirates capture them.
3) One piece
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ, LLC
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
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Description
When Monkey D. Luffy accidentally gains the power to stretch like rubber at the cost of never being able to swim again, he and his crew of pirate wannabes set off in search of the "One Piece," the greatest treasure in the world.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The magic treehouse whisks Jack and Annie back to the days of deserted islands, secret maps, hidden gold, and nasty pirates.
6) Begin again
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Andie Rose has a plan: transfer from community college to competitive Blue Ridge State, major in psychology, and become an iconic self-help figure. Her plans go off the rails as soon as she arrives, and soon they're in rubble at her feet. Andie finds the power of her voice on the school's legendary pirate radio station-- the same one her mom founded-- and begins to find that the best-laid plans-- and friend groups-- are not necessarily the right ones....
Author
Series
Emblem Island volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tor, Engle, and Melda must stop a band of cursed pirates from taking over their home.
Author
Series
Seaborne (Matt Myklusch) volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
When thirteen-year-old Dean Seaborne's latest spy mission for the Pirate King takes him to the mythical island of Zenhala, his life changes as he fights to prove that he is the island's long-lost prince.
9) Homebound
Author
Series
Icarus chronicles volume 2
Language
English
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Children's New Books: November 2022 Middle Grade Fiction
Children's: New e-Audiobooks February 2023
Children's: New e-Books February 2023
Children's: New e-Audiobooks February 2023
Children's: New e-Books February 2023
Description
Leo Fender is no stranger to catastrophe, whether it's the intergalactic war that took his mother's life or the ongoing fight for his own. He's seen his planet plundered, his ship attacked, his father kidnapped, and his brother go missing, and found himself stranded on a ship with a bunch of mercenary space pirates. Still, nothing could have prepared him for the moment he and the crew tried to save his father and discovered a dark plot that could...
10) Stowaway
Author
Series
Icarus chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Children's New Books: September 2021 Middle Grade Fiction
Children's: New e-Audiobooks February 2023
Children's: New e-Books February 2023
Children's: New e-Audiobooks February 2023
Children's: New e-Books February 2023
Description
When scientists discover a rare and mysterious mineral buried in the Earth's crust, it's not long before aliens show up to our little corner of the galaxy offering a promise of protection, some fabulous new technology, and entry into their intergalactic coalition in exchange for this precious resource. Other alien forces are willing to start a war over it. Leo's mother was killed in one attack, and soon after, his father, a Coalition scientist, decides...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Formats
Description
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.
Author
Series
Daughter of the pirate king volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alosa is the daughter of the Siren Queen, and her mission is finally complete. Not only has she recovered all three pieces of the map to a legendary hidden treasure, but the pirates who originally took her captive are now prisoners on her ship. Still unfairly attractive and unexpectedly loyal, first mate Riden is a constant distraction, but now he's under her orders. Now Alosa and her crew are in a deadly race with Vordan, the pirate king, to find...
Author
Series
Stream raiders volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Five years ago Adeluna helped the magic-rich island of Grace Loray overthrow its oppressor, Agrid, a country ruled by religion. When an Argridian delegate vanishes during peace talks with Grace Loray's new Council, Argrid demands brutal justice-- and Lu suspects something dangerous is at work. Devereux is a pirate, scavenging the island's magic plants and selling them on the black market. Accused of the diplomat's abduction, Vex becomes a target....
14) Pirates
Author
Series
Publisher
EDC
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple text describe pirates, their way of life, and the ships they sailed.
Author
Publisher
Four Winds Press
Pub. Date
[c1979]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
When Maggie's pet cricket is stolen, she and her friends embark on a search for the "pirate" thief which ensues in a small tragedy, but the making of a new friend.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
After leaving the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston, under dire circumstances, of course, she boards a whaling ship bound for London, where she hopes to find her beloved Jaimy. But things don't go as planned, and soon Jacky is off on a wild misadventure at sea. She thwarts the lecherous advances of a crazy captain, rallies the sailors to her side, and ultimately gains command of a ship in His Majesty's Royal Navy. But Jacky's adventures...
17) Hero
Author
Series
Woodcutter sisters volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Saturday Woodcutter accidentally conjures an ocean in the backyard and, with sword in tow, sets sail on a pirate ship, only to find herself kidnapped and held captive by a mountain witch with the power to destroy the world.
18) Modern pirates
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Strangeworlds Travel Agency trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Children's New Books: February 2022 Middle Grade Fiction
Children's Special Topics: New e-Books November 2021
Children's Special Topics: New e-Books November 2021
Formats
Description
Flick tries to save a watery world from total destruction in this magical second book in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency series. Flick is now a badge-wearing member of the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, so when an urgent summons arrives at from Pirate Queen Nyfe, she and Strangeworlds Society guardian Jonathon immediately pack their bags for an adventure to The Break, a world of magic and piracy. Nyfe's world is falling apart. The Break is used to having...
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