ChiLDREN'S BOOKS WITH VIGOR

 The battle has begun!

Federation ships sweep the seas . . . James Williams, teenage runaway, carries a stone with magical power. But will his adventure come to a halt when he is mistaken for a notorious criminal?

Enter mastermind conman and treasure hunter, Longfellow Jim, who offers James a deal. Join his crew and hunt for treasure or fight the federation on his own. 

James joins the buccaneer, but Little does he know, a giant by the name of Telescope Jim lurks in the South Seas hunting the same treasure. Will James 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?

A battle of Double agents . . .

The Federation are wreaking havoc. Miles the Mutineer hides on enemy ships, sending signals to fellow outlaws. 

Enter the cavern of Giant Scorpions. . .

In the deep tunnels under the earth, Miles finds a lost diary from a treasure hunt that might hold the answer to defeating the Sunken Empire.

But he can't reveal his treachery too soon. If Telescope Jim discovers his trail, the treasure could fall into the hands of the Federation. Meanwhile rogues and outlaws of all kinds join in delaying the Federation. But will their attacks be enough to keep Telescope Jim from finding the Undying Element?

 Sixteen-year old Miles can't help dreaming of battle and adventure even though he's a lowly dish washer. But when wild and dangerous Toothless Jim washes ashore at his restaurant, his dreams of adventure swirl into reality.Yes Toothless Jim had shark teeth sewn into his mouth by outlandish sea-surgeons, and yes he escaped from an Island Jail called Pirate Penitentiary.

After the Shark-toothed convict leaves his restaurant, Miles finds himself captain to a crew of rugged sailors and is handed a 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 secret.

 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?