| The Dagger Quick Contributor(s): Eames, Brian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442483687 ISBN-13: 9781442483682 Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - Pirates - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational - Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2011004405 |
| Lexile Measure: 690 |
| Series: Dagger Chronicles |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.18" W x 7.68" (0.51 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 143701 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It's the pirate's life for Kitto in this "exciting and richly detailed historical swashbuckler" (Publishers Weekly). Twelve-year-old Christopher, aka Kitto, is seemingly doomed to follow in the footsteps of his father as a barrel-maker in seventeenth-century England, especially because of his clubfoot. Yet Kitto longs for more. And after his father is murdered and his stepmother and brother are kidnapped, he has no choice but to set off on a dangerous seafaring voyage with bounty hunters on his trail and his sole ally an uncle he hardly knows; an uncle who is an infamous pirate and the only man ever crazy enough to steal from the equally infamous Governor of Jamaica... A lively narrative School Library Journal calls "fast-paced, well-developed, and historically accurate...this coming-of-age quest is perfect for landlubbers and pirate aficionados alike." |
Contributor Bio(s): Eames, Brian: - Brian Eames has taught for fifteen years at the Paideia School, a K-12 independent school in Atlanta. He read his first novel, The Dagger Quick, out loud to his class as he wrote it. Publishers Weekly called The Dagger Quick "thoroughly researched, fast-paced, and tense...embraces the mythical glamour of a pirate's life." He lives with his wife and children in Atlanta. Visit him at TheDaggerQuick.com. |
