Some liberties have been taken in the telling of the story, but many of the events reflect what historians believed happened to Jack, Mary, and Anne.
The story is based on historical research of the life of "Calico Jack" John Rackham. The End of Calico Jack is a fictional retelling of the pirate escapades of Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read.
Now back on Coffin Cay with his parents, Ricky hunts for the treasure he found in the cave over three hundred years earlier during his trip back to pirate land. During his last trance-like episode, Ricky uncovered a treasure from the Nuestra Señora de Riqueza, a vessel in an armada of ships sailing the Spanish Main. While searching for rumored treasure in a cave on Coffin Cay, a small island off the southwestern tip of Haiti (Hispaniola), Ricky suffers an absence seizure. :) We hope you enjoy these pirate books for young adults, teens, and older kids.Ģ020 Selah Award Winner for YA Literature - In this YA pirate tale, award-winning author Eddie Jones blends action, adventure, and humor into a fictional retelling of the pirate exploits of Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read. There is no sexual dialogue or situations, violence, or strong language, only positive moral values and a wee little bit of humor. Parents can trust the Caribbean Chronicles Series.
Well, we best let Ricky tell the account. In the ship's brig he is about to learn that some things are worse than being unpopular in high school. When Dead Calm, Bone Dry begins, Ricky is on his way to be tried for piracy. And that's what happened to Ricky last Christmas Eve: he had an episode and ended up in pirate land. Ricky's teachers are a lot of those people. If you've never heard of absence seizures, that's okay. Except sometimes Ricky "zones out" in class because he has absence seizures. ★ Directors' Choice Award Winner Finalist ★ Last winter Ricky Bradshaw was another gangly freshman hoping to fit in - or at least not get picked on - and maybe catch the attention of Becky Nance, a girl in his biology class. And there is stolen treasure in this pirate story. would you trade your body to the crew of the "Flying Dutchman" in order to save your soul? Ricky did. Publisher: Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas
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