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Captain Blood is an adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini.
The protagonist is the sharp-witted Dr. Peter Blood, a fictional Irish physician who had had a wide-ranging career as a soldier and sailor (including a commission as a captain under the Dutch admiral De Ruyter) before settling down to practice medicine in the town of Bridgwater in Somerset.
The book opens with him attending to his geraniums while the town prepares to fight for the Duke of Monmouth....
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La isla del tesoro (Treasure Island) es una novela de aventuras escrita por el escocés Robert Louis Stevenson, publicada en libro en Londres en 1883 (publicada originalmente por entregas en la revista infantil Young Folks, entre 1881 y 1882 con el título de The Sea Cook, or Treasure Island).Esta obra ha sido fuente de inspiración en el cine, en la televisión, en la literatura, en cómics e incluso en videojuegos. La novela adopta un tono crítico...
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Girl from everywhere volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
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"Heidi Heilig's debut teen fantasy sweeps from modern-day New York City, to nineteenth-century Hawaii, to places of myth and legend. Sixteen-year-old Nix has sailed across the globe and through centuries aboard her time-traveling father's ship. But when he gambles with her very existence, it all may be about to end. The Girl from Everywhere, the first of two books, blends fantasy, history, and a modern sensibility. Its witty, fast-paced dialogue,...
5) Pirates
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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The weird truth about the Golden Age of Piracy and how it spawned popular pirate stereotypes.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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"The Caribbean in 1718 is a perfect place to meet up with pirates. And where there's pirates, there's treasure! This inspired narrative allows readers to tag along with a whole horde of pirates, including a quartermaster, a cabin boy, and a rigger. They provide all kinds of information about piracy, including details about treasures, maps, flags, and ships. Carefully chosen photographs enhance readers' imaginations as well as give them a greater comprehension...
8) Djibouti
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In a modern-day pirate story, ambitious documentary filmmaker Dara Barr and her right-hand man, Xavier LeBo, a seventy-two-year-old African American seafarer, get more than they bargained for on the Horn of Africa.
9) Pirate stew
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Pirate stew! Pirate stew! Pirate stew for me and you! Pirate stew! Pirate stew! Eat it and you won't be blue. You can be a pirate too!
10) The dark frigate
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 12
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In seventeenth-century England, orphaned Philip Marsham, forced to flee London after a terrible accident, finds himself in an even more difficult situation when his ship is taken over by pirates and he is forced to become a member of their crew.
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Secret projects volume 1
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"The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
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William Goldman's beloved novel has sold over one million copies. A movie, released twenty years ago, perfectly captured the spirit of the book and has introduced new fans to its pages ever since. In 1941 a young boy lies bedridden from pneumonia. His perpetually disheveled and unattractive father, an immigrant from Florin with terribly broken English, shuffles into his bedroom carrying a book. The boy wants to know if it has any sports. His father...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
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Don't even think of starting this book unless you're sitting in a comfortable chair and have lots of time. A fast-paced, impossible-to-put-down adventure awaits as the young orphan Peter and his mates are dispatched to an island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They set sail aboard the Never Land, a ship carrying a precious and mysterious trunk in its cargo hold but the journey quickly becomes fraught with excitement and danger. Discover richly developed...
19) Pirate Bob
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Describes the life of a pirate, named simply Bob, whose job is to cut the steering cables and cripple the ships he and his shipmates will loot.