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The ghost in the noonday sun
By Sid Fleischman. 2007
A pirate story unfolds when a 12-year-old boy is shanghaied and made to search for buried treasure - all because…
the villainous captain thinks that a boy born at the stroke of midnight ought to have the power to see a ghost. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2007, c1965.The great wide sea
By M. H Herlong. 2008
Still mourning the death of their mother, three brothers go with their father on an extended sailing trip off the…
Florida Keys and have a harrowing adventure at sea. Some strong language. Grades 5-8. 2008.The convicts (Curse of the Jolly Stone trilogy. #1.)
By Iain Lawrence. 2005
After his father is hauled off to prison, Tom Tin has to survive on the mean streets of 19th century…
London. He finds, and loses, a diamond; joins a street gang; and helps a grave robber steal a corpse. When he is sentenced to seven years on a prison ship for boys, Tom decides to plan his escape. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. Followed by "The cannibals". 2005.The dark frigate
By Charles Boardman Hawes. 1971
The English frigate on which Philip Marsham is training rescues 12 men from a sinking ship. Within three days, the…
rescued men have murdered the captain, seized the ship and sailed for the Caribbean in hopes of plunder and booty. Some violence. 1924 Newbery Award winner. Grades 5-8. 1971.The castaways (Curse of the Jolly Stone trilogy. #3.)
By Iain Lawrence. 2007
Bad luck continues to follow Tom Tin and his mates as they find themselves aboard a formerly abandoned ship, are…
taught to be sailors by two black-hearted castaways they rescue, and sail to a Caribbean island where they make important new friends and enemies. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "The cannibals". 2007.The cannibals (Curse of the Jolly Stone trilogy. #2.)
By Iain Lawrence. 2006
Tom Tin and his friend Midgely - with assorted juvenile criminals - escape the ship taking them to serve their…
terms in Australia and head for a Pacific island, forgetting Tom's father's warnings about headhunters and cannibals. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "The convicts", followed by "The castaways". 2006.The buccaneers (High seas trilogy. #3.)
By Iain Lawrence. 2002
In the eighteenth century sixteen-year-old John Spencer sails from England in his schooner, the Dragon, to the Caribbean, where he…
and the crew encounter pirates, fierce storms, fever, and a strange man who some fear may be cursed. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "The smugglers". 2002.The black pearl
By Scott O'Dell. 1995
The aquanauts
By John Lunn. 2005
Fifteen-year-old Greta travels with her brilliant father to a laboratory on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Her father has…
created a man-made black hole, but an accident with it spins her dad, along with all the other scientists, billions of years into the future, trapping in a particle of time. Three other kids live on the habitat, and, calling themselves the Aquanauts, they band together with Greta to travel through time in a frantic attempt to save their parents and themselves from being locked under the sea for eternity. For junior and senior high readers. Some descriptions of violence. 2005.Terry and the pirates
By Julian F Thompson. 2000
Sixteen-year-old Terry stows away on a yacht that was stolen by young Mick and is sailing south. Mick is washed…
overboard during a tropical storm. Terry is rescued and held for ransom by an eccentric pirate family that is looking for buried treasure. Senior High. 2000.Stranded
By Eric Walters. 1998
While on a school trip Gordon, Mike and Chuckie are stranded on a remote island marine station. The marine biologists…
who run the station have to leave suddenly and then the power goes out. When a pod of pilot whales becomes stranded on the beach the boys must think fast and act quickly to save them. Grades 5-8. 1998.Shadow shark
By Colin Thiele. 1988
When 12-year-old Joe goes shark hunting with his Uncle Harry and cousin Meg, their boat catches fire. Meg, Joe and…
Uncle Harry, who is badly injured, land on Wayward Island with no way of getting help. Grades 5-8. c1988.Saltwater summer
By Roderick Haig-Brown. 2000
Seventeen-year-old Don Morgan has bought himself a 32-foot west coast salmon troller. Now he is free to fish the entire…
length of the BC coast. With his friend Tubby Miller, he sets off on his adventure, but things don't unfold quite as he had hoped. Don soon realizes that he has a lot to learn, not just about commercial fishing, but about growing up. For senior high readers. 1948. c2000.Rites of passage (Sea trilogy ; #1)
By William Golding. 1980
In the cabin of an ancient, stinking warship bound for Australia, a man writes a journal to entertain his godfather…
back in England. With wit and disdain he records mounting tensions on board, as an obsequious clergyman attracts the animosity of the tyrannical captain and surly crew. Followed by "Close quarters" (DC31504). Junior and senior high. 1980 Man Booker Prize. 1980. (Sea trilogy ; 1)Richard Bolitho, Midshipman (Richard Bolitho novels. #1.)
By Alexander Kent. 1975
Only sixteen but already a veteran of four years in the king's navy, Richard Bolitho joins his second ship, the…
Gorgon, in 1771. Its mission - to investigate the brutal slave trade on Africa's west coast - proves much more perilous than he expected. Some descriptions of violence. Followed by "Midshipman Bolitho and the 'Avenger'. 1975. (Richard Bolitho novels ; 1)Pirates en Somalie: Catastrophe En Guadeloupe (Grand roman Dominique et compagnie)
By Camille Bouchard. 2012
Nicolas et ses parents partent en mer pour faire de la plongée sous-marine. Mais cette paisible escapade se transforme vite…
en périlleuse expédition. Tempête, pirates, requins mangeurs d'hommes : de multiples dangers guettent Nicolas et sa famille. Réussiront-ils à s'en sortir ? Années 3-6. 2012.Pirate malgré elle (Tila ; #1)
By Patricia Juste Amédée. 2008
Tila est une Métisse de douze ans, fille d'une ancienne esclave africaine et d'un pirate français qu'elle n'a jamais connu.…
Elle mène une existence paisible dans un petit village d'Indiens kalinagos, sur l'île de la Dominique, jusqu'au jour où elle découvre un monde parallèle peuplé d'étranges créatures qui en savent déjà long sur elle. Mais Tila n'est pas au bout de ses surprises! Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. c2008. (Tila ; 1)Pirate's passage
By William Gilkerson. 2006
Nova Scotia, 1952. Captain Johnson's boat is blown into port by a storm, so he stays at the inn run…
by Jim and his mother. The captain's background is mysterious, and his storytelling abilities are amazing - he knows all about the lives and battles of the old-time pirates. But how can he possibly know so much about how it feels to grow up among the Vikings; about how Francis Drake and Queen Elizabeth plotted their victories; or about the loves of Grace O'Malley, the pirate queen of Ireland? Grades 4-7. 2006 GG winner. Some strong language. 2007, c2006.In 1722, after arriving with her brother at the family's Jamaican plantation where she is to be married off, sixteen-year-old…
Nancy Kington escapes with her slave friend, Minerva Sharpe, and together they become pirates traveling the world in search of treasure. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 2003.L'île de la Licorne (Pirates ; #1)
By Camille Bouchard. 2008
François a perdu la mémoire. Avec un homme qui prétend être son oncle, il est prisonnier à bord du galion…
du pirate français Doublon d'or. Le bateau doit accoster sur une île peuplée d'indiens tainos. François retrouve la mémoire, et constate que sa destinée est étroitement liée au peuple de cette île. Descriptions explicites de violence, descriptions explicites de nature sexuelle, et quelques passages où le langage est grossier. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2008. (Pirates ; 1)