Terry Deary 
Pirate Tales: The Pirate Prisoner [PDF ebook] 

From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named »the outstanding children»s non-fiction author of the 20th century» by Books For Keeps
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Nevis Island, Caribbean, 1680
Red-legs Greaves has been a slave, a pirate, and a rich sugar planter. Now he»s a prisoner. And next morning, he»ll be dead – hanged by the neck for piracy! His only friend is a slave girl called Lou. Can Lou do anything to save Red-legs? It would take a miracle…
A fantastic story blending pirate legend with historical fact and
Terry Deary »s vividly imagined characters.
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»Bubbling with wit, language play and robust dialogue….just the right mix of ingredients to trigger young readers» interest in all things historical.»
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