ChiLDREN'S BOOKS WITH VIGOR

The Buccaneer Left a Hatchet in My Guitar . . .  

When secret buccaneer Longfellow Jim includes a misfit teen in his conning scheme, sixteen-year old "Miles," who has been exiled to the South Seas for bad behavior, is unintentionally involved in a plot of stealing treasure. Miles is quickly mistaken by authorities to be a notorious pirate and forced to join Longfellow Jim in his treasure-stealing scheme. Little does he know, a giant by the name of Telescope Jim lurks in the South Seas hunting the same treasure. Will Miles survive a battle of trickery, deception, and double-crossing between the two outlaws? Or will he become a casualty of the giant Telescope's cut-throat crew? 

 When a Crowd of Strangers Calls you Captain . . .
Sixteen-year old Miles is born with a desire for battle and forced to wash dishes . . . But when wild and dangerous Toothless Jim washes ashore, Miles finds himself captain of a crew loyal to Longfellow Jim. Touting new talents, he is handed the weight of the dangerous mission to uncover Marco Polo's mythical silver. If Miles can't find a way to steal the treasure and connive with the other buccaneers, the ancient treasure will fall into the hands of the terrible tyrant, Telescope Jim who rules the South Seas in wrathful power. 

 The Dead Shark had a Man inside . . .

Being a secret pirate is no easy thing for Sixteen-year old Miles who is a dishwasher in the South Seas . . . But when a convict floats ashore after escaping an ocean prison, Miles' life is suddenly endangered. Fleeing into the wild, Miles joins the convict on a quest for lost treasure involving a crashed glider, a sunken ship, and an abandoned tank. But will Telescope Jim, the underground ruler of the South Seas, discover the treasure first? And will Miles lose everything when his love interest shows up in the household of his enemies? 

 The Shark they Hunted had a Map inside . . .

Miles the Mutineer is trying to stay out of trouble, and when a gang of convicts track a mad shark-hunter to his door, he can't help shying away . . . until the shark they find proves to be hiding a map to the largest treasure in the South Seas. Taking a bag of sea-darts and a shark-whistle, Miles joins an old pirate buddy in the treasure hunt through a network of sunken ships, where the key to survival may be joining their enemies. But will joining the shark-hunters mean encountering greater dangers than cut-throat convicts? Will it mean fighting the sea beast that guards the ancient treasure? 

 The Clues to the Ancient City were Hidden on the Animals . . .

Marooned on a desert island where scavengers pillage for spare parts, Miles the Mutineer waits for contact from his fellow buccaneers. But when he discovers a map in the bones of a giant mammoth, he is plunged into a feud between pirate factions, at the center of which is a dangerous treasure. After taking refuge with a band of pillagers, Miles discovers there are more to his shipmates than he suspects. Their feud with outlaw, Quicksand Jim is moving toward an imminent battle. But who will discover the treasure first? What is the secret cargo the pillagers carry, which requires them to take a mysterious stop each night? And what danger awaits, buried in the ruins of the ancient city . . . 

Why we're really locking down .

Thad Bartok studies monsters in his free time, but when schools are shut down because of a sudden attack, he learns that his worst nightmare has come true -- real live monsters are appearing on his shores. In a quest to save his loved ones, Thad joins fellow classmates Kales and Beechwood aboard a monster-hunting vessel, along with a crazy captain, a renegade pirate, and a magical water hound. But when they discover a mysterious radio signal claiming to have an answer to it all, their ship plunges into monster infested waters. Will Thad be able to retrieve the monster-killing serum from behind enemy lines? How will a mythical Telescope from a legendary pirate help in his quest? And will he have what it takes to face his fear and save the world?