The Pirates and the Nightmaker
Author | : James Norcliffe |
Publisher | : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2015-03-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781775537700 |
ISBN-13 | : 1775537706 |
Rating | : 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Pirates and the Nightmaker written by James Norcliffe and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2015-03-06 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A strange and mischievous story written with exceptional style, pace and grace — a true classic in the making. It’s 1740 . . . The Firefly is taken in the night by pirates who sail the Caribbean. The ship’s boy and a handful of men are set adrift in a jolly-boat. Without food or water the half-starved men eye up the young boy. Astonishingly, a mysterious Mr Wicker saves the boy by turning him into an unearthly creature — an invisible flying boy with beautiful emerald-green wings. When the boy is drawn to a ghost ship sailed by Captain Bass, he learns of the dangerous power of a magical astrolabe which Mr Wicker desperately seeks — and why Wicker must never find it. The boy cannot trust Wicker . . . but is there anyone he can trust? Captain Bass? Sophie Blade, the pirate’s daughter? And who can return him to himself? 2016 Storylines Notable Junior Fiction Award