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Series
Publication Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Perfect for fans of The Princess Bride and A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, New York Times bestselling authors Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows are back with a fantastical, piratical historical fantasy remix that marries the story of The Little Mermaid with the life and times of infamous lady pirate Mary Read. Don't call this mermaid "little" call her "captain," unless you want to walk the plank. Mary is in love with the so-called...
Author
Publication Date
2008
Language
English
Description
"Powers writes action and adventure that Indiana Jones could only dream of."
—Washington Post
"Tim Powers is a brilliant writer."
—William Gibson
The remarkable Tim Powers—who ingeniously married the John Le Carrè spy novel to the otherworldly in his critically acclaimed Declare—brings us pirate adventure with a dazzling difference. On Stranger Tides features Blackbeard, ghosts, voodoo, zombies,
...3) Spymaster
Author
Series
Dragon Corsairs volume 1
Publication Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Pirates from the warring Rosian and Freyan empires continuing preying on each other's ships, unaware that they are being controlled by a sinister cabal, in the first book of a new series set in the world of the Dragon Brigade trilogy.
Author
Series
Something Wickedly Weird volume 3
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Publication Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
SOMETHING WICKEDLY WEIRD IS HERE
The only thing worse than pirates are undead pirates.
He might have survived the first two books, but Stanley Buggles has hardly found a quiet life in his home of Cramdon Rock. Now there are two more dead pirates out to find Stanely, and this time there's an army with them. They want the precious key to the Silver Casket. Stanley doesn't know what's inside the Silver Casket, but he and his friends will do
Author
Series
Secret Projects volume 1
Publication Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress...
Author
Publication Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"The complication they don't want... Lady Katherine Kinloch survived captivity once. Now the notorious captain of her own ship, she refuses to let anyone jeopardize her hard-won freedom. But on a voyage to England to fight for her family's endangered estate, Katherine is thrown off course when she unknowingly rescues celebrated naval captain James Warre...a man who stands for everything she despises. The passion they desperately need... Haunted by...
Author
Series
Publication Date
1990
Language
English
Description
The Emerald flew across the seas, its black hull teasing the waves, its sails shipping on the wind. Aboard was the pirate pagan-despixed by the ton, whose riches this scoundrel plundered: beloved by the poor, whose plight was eased by the pirate's gifts.
Author
Series
Publication Date
1996
Language
English
Description
A "historical romance of ill-gotten riches and revenge on the high seas" from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Captive Splendors (Booklist).
Fury van der Rhys is the daughter of Sirena, the beautiful Sea Siren, who rode the high seas as commander of a frigate, plundering the ships of the Dutch East India Company. Brandishing her mother's sword, Fury sets sail for the coast of Africa to challenge
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Series
Publication Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Everyone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their styles! The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor.
Author
Publication Date
2026.
Language
English
Description
"From Vanessa Riley, acclaimed author of Queen of Exiles, comes a dual-timeline saga based on the life of the legendary pirate Jacquotte Delehaye, a fearless woman of mixed parentage who forged her own life plundering wealth and battling slavers on the treacherous Caribbean seas of the 17th century"-- Provided by publisher.
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Publication Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Avra Helvaçi, former field agent of the Arasti Ministry of Intelligence, has accidentally stolen the single most expensive secret in the world--and the only place to flee with a secret that big is the open sea. To find a buyer with deep enough pockets, Avra must ask for help from his on-again, off-again ex, the pirate Captain Teveri az-Haffar. They are far from happy to see him, but together, they hatch a plan: take the information to the isolated...
Author
Series
Tales of Summer volume 1
Publication Date
2026
Language
English
Description
"In theory, the dragoness of Summer can make any resident on her island the ruler, if the previous Lord Summer is so careless as to die without an heir. In practice, absolutely no one expected her to choose Teddy, the last lord's middle-aged fancy man. With his quick wit, heaps of charisma, and excellent dress sense, Teddy brings plenty of virtues to his new role, but statecraft, pedigree, and decorum are not among them. That's all right: he's done...
Author
Publication Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
"The most powerful pirate in history was a woman who was born into poverty in Guangzhou, China, in the early 1800s. When pirates attacked her town and the captain took a liking to her, she saw a way out. Zheng Yi Sao agreed to marry him only if she got an equal share of his business. When her husband died six years later, she took command of the fleet. Over the next decade, the pirate queen built a fleet of over 1,800 ships and 70,000 men. On land...
Author
Series
Publication Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Chris Wooding, author of the thrilling novel Retribution Falls, returns to a fantastical world of spectacular sky battles and high-flying heroics for another epic adventure.
Deep in the heart of the Kurg rainforest lies a long-forgotten wreck. On board, behind a magically protected door, an elusive treasure awaits. Good thing Darian Frey, captain of the airship Ketty Jay, has the daemonist Crake on board. Crake is...
Deep in the heart of the Kurg rainforest lies a long-forgotten wreck. On board, behind a magically protected door, an elusive treasure awaits. Good thing Darian Frey, captain of the airship Ketty Jay, has the daemonist Crake on board. Crake is...
Author
Series
Books of Babel volume 2
Publication Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"The Tower of Babel is proving to be as difficult to reenter as it was to break out of. Forced into a life of piracy, Senlin and his eclectic crew are struggling to survive aboard their stolen airship as the hunt to rescue Senlin's lost wife continues. Hopeless and desolate, they turn to a legend of the Tower, the mysterious Sphinx. But help from the Sphinx never comes cheaply, and as Senlin knows, debts aren't always what they seem in the Tower of...
18) The sky weaver
Author
Series
Iskari volume 3
Publication Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Sworn enemies Safire and Eris journey from the port city of Darmoor to the fabled Sky Isles in an effort to track down Asha, the last Namsara.
19) The dark frigate
Author
Publication Date
1971
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
A young man dares not return to England after his ship is taken over by pirates and he becomes a member of their crew.
20) Revenger
Author
Series
Publication Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Amongst the ruins of alien civilisations, building our own from the rubble, humanity still thrives. And there are vast fortunes to be made, if you know where to find them . . . Captain Rackamore and his crew do. It's their business to find the tiny, enigmatic worlds which have been hidden away, booby-trapped, surrounded with layers of protection - and to crack...