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Synopsis
Ferocious Captain Firebeard and his band of pirates meet their match when they kidnap a small but feisty girl named Molly, who refuses to tell who her parents are while secretly sending messages in bottles., Molly, a carrot-topped, feisty little girl with an attitude to match, boldly stands up to a gang of fearsome pirates. Captain Firebeard--a large nosed, big bearded, black-clad fellow--is in charge of the roughest, most feared gang of pirates ever to sail the seas. Their wild, thieving, hard-drinking ways strike fear into the hearts of everyone who has the misfortune to encounter them. But when they wrestle Molly aboard from her one-girl sailboat, these sea rogues eventually find they're no match for her. With funny, energetic full-color artwork. By the author of the bestselling middle grade fantasy INKHEART.
| Size | | Length: | 32 pages | | Height: | 11.0 in | | Width: | 8.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.2 in | | Weight: | 13.6 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "Captain Firebeard was the terror of the high seas. His ship, the HORRIBLE HADDOCK, sailed faster than the wind over the waves. Whenever the HORRIBLE HADDOCK appeared on the horizon, the knees of honest seafaring folk would shake like jelly."
Industry Reviews
"Told in conversation-packed prose, the story rolls off the tongue...The gouache and line illustrations of pudgy, pouty Molly and the gangs of scraggly-limbed pirates deftly elaborate on the narration...."
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (07/01/2005)
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