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Pirate Diary

Pirate Diary

by Chris Riddell (Illustrator), Chris Riddell (Illustrator), Chris Riddell (Illustrator), Richard Platt (Author)

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    Paperback 2014

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Synopsis

The swashbuckling adventures of Jake Carpenter, cabin boy. The twenty-third of September, 1716. I write this on my last day at home. Tomorrow I am to join my Uncle Will aboard his ship and become A SAILOR. Will has told me of sea monsters and mermaids and has sailed through a hurricane. Maybe I shall see these things FOR MYSELF! Nine-year-old Jake Carpenter does indeed see all this - and more, when his ship, the Greyhound, is captured by pirates and he discovers the thrills and perils of life at sea as he embarks on an exciting new life on the wrong side of the law.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 128
 Publisher: Walker Books
Published: 03 Jul 2014
ISBN 10: 1406352659
ISBN 13: 9781406352658
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years

Media Reviews
This is a ground-breaking piece of non-fiction written in diary form in the voice of nine year old cabin boy - Jake Carpenter and brilliantly illustrated by none other than illustrator of the moment, Chris Riddell. All action boys and girls will revel in the adventures of derring-do on the high seas. It offers detailed information on swords, pistols, cannons, floggings and how to navigate ships. It includes a fact section at the back about the colonies, the first pirates, Viking raiders, buccaneers, famous pirates throughout history and piracy today * Lovereading4kids *
Author Bio
Richard Platt is also the author of Castle Diary, Egyptian Diary and Roman Diary. Castle Diary was Highly Commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted for the Kurt Maschler Award. He lives in Kent. www.richardplatt.co.uk Chris Riddell is an author, political cartoonist (for The Observer) and the illustrator of Castle Diary, Don Quixote and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver, which won the Kate Greenaway Medal. He won the Smarties Prize in 2008. He lives in Brighton.