Seven Dead Pirates

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On sale Aug 01, 2017 | 304 Pages | 9781770498167

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A shy boy comes to life and finds his voice when the ghosts of seven dead pirates appear in his bedroom. A humorous, inspiring, critically acclaimed adventure!

Lewis Dearborn is a lonely, anxious, "terminally shy" boy of eleven when his great-grandfather passes away and leaves Lewis's family with his decaying seaside mansion. Lewis is initially delighted with his new bedroom, a secluded tower in a remote part of the house. Then he discovers that it's already occupied -- by the ghosts of seven dead pirates. Worse, the ghosts expect him to help them re-take their ship, now restored and on display in a local museum, so they can make their way to Libertalia, a legendary pirate utopia. The only problem is that this motley crew hasn't left the house in almost two hundred years and is terrified of going outside. As Lewis warily sets out to assist his new roommates -- a raucous, unruly bunch who exhibit a strange delight in thrift-store fashions and a thirst for storybooks -- he begins to open himself to the possibilities of friendship, passion and joie de vivre and finds the courage to speak up.
  • NOMINEE | 2017
    Chocolate Lily Award
  • NOMINEE | 2017
    Rocky Mountain Book Award
  • LONGLIST | 2017
    Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award
  • NOMINEE | 2017
    New Hampshire Great Stone Face Children's Book Award
  • SHORTLIST | 2016
    Canadian Library Association - Book of the Year for Children
  • LONGLIST | 2016
    OLA Best Bets for Children's Fiction
  • SHORTLIST | 2016
    Red Cedar Book Award
  • LONGLIST | 2016
    Maine Student Book Award
  • FINALIST | 2016
    Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
  • HONOR | 2016
    YOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers
  • FINALIST | 2016
    Diamond Willow Award
  • NOMINEE | 2016
    Silver Birch Award for Fiction
  • NOMINEE | 2016
    Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award
© Maurice Verkaar
LINDA BAILEY has written nearly forty books for children, including The Three Little Mittens, Carson Crosses Canada, Princesses Versus Dinosaurs and If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur. Her books have been translated into twenty languages and have won multiple awards such as the Ontario Blue Spruce and Silver Birch Awards, the California Young Reader Medal, the Georgia Children's Picturebook Award and the UK School Library Association Information Book Award. Linda has been honored for her exceptional body of work in children’s literature with the Vicky Metcalf Award. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. View titles by Linda Bailey

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A shy boy comes to life and finds his voice when the ghosts of seven dead pirates appear in his bedroom. A humorous, inspiring, critically acclaimed adventure!

Lewis Dearborn is a lonely, anxious, "terminally shy" boy of eleven when his great-grandfather passes away and leaves Lewis's family with his decaying seaside mansion. Lewis is initially delighted with his new bedroom, a secluded tower in a remote part of the house. Then he discovers that it's already occupied -- by the ghosts of seven dead pirates. Worse, the ghosts expect him to help them re-take their ship, now restored and on display in a local museum, so they can make their way to Libertalia, a legendary pirate utopia. The only problem is that this motley crew hasn't left the house in almost two hundred years and is terrified of going outside. As Lewis warily sets out to assist his new roommates -- a raucous, unruly bunch who exhibit a strange delight in thrift-store fashions and a thirst for storybooks -- he begins to open himself to the possibilities of friendship, passion and joie de vivre and finds the courage to speak up.

Awards

  • NOMINEE | 2017
    Chocolate Lily Award
  • NOMINEE | 2017
    Rocky Mountain Book Award
  • LONGLIST | 2017
    Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award
  • NOMINEE | 2017
    New Hampshire Great Stone Face Children's Book Award
  • SHORTLIST | 2016
    Canadian Library Association - Book of the Year for Children
  • LONGLIST | 2016
    OLA Best Bets for Children's Fiction
  • SHORTLIST | 2016
    Red Cedar Book Award
  • LONGLIST | 2016
    Maine Student Book Award
  • FINALIST | 2016
    Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
  • HONOR | 2016
    YOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers
  • FINALIST | 2016
    Diamond Willow Award
  • NOMINEE | 2016
    Silver Birch Award for Fiction
  • NOMINEE | 2016
    Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award

Author

© Maurice Verkaar
LINDA BAILEY has written nearly forty books for children, including The Three Little Mittens, Carson Crosses Canada, Princesses Versus Dinosaurs and If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur. Her books have been translated into twenty languages and have won multiple awards such as the Ontario Blue Spruce and Silver Birch Awards, the California Young Reader Medal, the Georgia Children's Picturebook Award and the UK School Library Association Information Book Award. Linda has been honored for her exceptional body of work in children’s literature with the Vicky Metcalf Award. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. View titles by Linda Bailey

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