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Greenwillow Books, 2006-01-08

Giant Rat of Sumatra: Or Pirates Galore

Giant Rat of Sumatra: Or Pirates Galore

Sid Fleischman, Author

John Hendrix, Illustrator

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9780060742409

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A Newbery Medalist offers a new pirate adventure set in San Diego, California, in 1846. Twelve-year-old Shipwreck, a cabin boy on the pirate ship "The Giant Rat of Sumatra," is so named because he survived a shipwreck. This is his story. Illustrations.
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Keywords and Themes: Action & Adventure • Biographical • Fantasy • General • Girls & Women • Historical • Humorous Stories • JUV001010 • JUV001020 • JUV004020 • JUV014000 • JUV016140 • JUV016190 • JUV019000 • Juvenile Fiction • Pirates • Survival Stories • United States • United States - 19th Century • United States - 21st Century • War & Military

Age Range • 8-12

Pages • 208

Subjects • San Diego (Calif.) • History • 19th century • California • 1846-1850 • Mexican War • 1846-1848 • Pirates

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | Pirates • Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 21st Century • Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | Survival Stories • Juvenile Fiction | Biographical | United States • Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women • Juvenile Fiction | War & Military • Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General

A swashbuckling tale of thievery and revenge

The Giant Rat of Sumatra is the most notorious pirate ship in the Pacific. Its ferocious figurehead, a rat with crooked teeth and gouged-out eyes, strikes fear in the heart of every seafaring crew. Now the ship has dropped anchor in San Diego. Twelve-year-old cabin boy Shipwreck -- so named after he was rescued from the sea by the pirates -- is anxious to begin his long journey home to Boston. Instead, he finds himself swept up in a treacherous plot. It seems his adventure is only just beginning. . . .

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