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Pirates

The Pirate Code

Liam O'Donnell

"Describes the daily lives of pirates, the code of conduct they lived by, and the punishments they faced if they broke the rules"--Provided by publisher.

Airborn

Kenneth Oppel

Matt Cruse, cabin boy on the luxury airship Aurora, rescues a dying balloonist who presents him with a mystery about unseen sky creatures thta Matt and Kate try to solve.

Airborn

Kenneth Oppel

Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of

Skybreaker

Kenneth Oppel

Matt Cruse, a student at the Airship Academy, and Kate de Vries, a young heiress, team up with a gypsy and a daring captain, to find a long-lost airship, rumored to carry a treasure beyond imagination

Airborn

Kenneth Oppel

Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.

The Short and Bloody History of Pirates

John Farman

A humorous presentation of the history and life of pirates from the mid-seventeenth to mid-eighteenth centuries.

Pirates of the Spanish Main

American heritage (Periodical)

Captain Kidd, Jean Lafitte, John Hawkins are among the pirates and buccaneers who roved the Caribbean and Atlantic in the 16th-19th century. Grades 5 and up.

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America On Parade

Irwin Shapiro

Events from American History that create a record of the American spirit--a record of a people moving on to make a great destiny out of the infinite variety of human dreams.

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