Book Overview
Safe Harbor? Five months into their undercover search for the pirate Jack Steele, Captain Hunter and the Aurora head for the island of Tortuga to put in for repairs after a battle with a deadly Spanish ship. Davy Shea, now fifteen years old and accepted by the Aurora's crew, continues to help his uncle Patch in the ship's surgery, but Captain Hunter has a special mission for him. The Captain has learned that captured British officers are being held on the island for ransom from the Crown, and he is determined to rescue those officers, even risking the Aurora's cover. As a servant boy, Davy can easily pass among the various pirate groups thriving on Tortuga. But as Davy begins to uncover the many secrets and deceptions that shroud this beautiful island, he soon realizes that more is at stake than the lives of a few captured officers. A plan is in the works that will force the pirate hunters on the Aurora to make new alliances...and bring them face to face with former enemies.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0689852975
ISBN13:9780689852978
Release Date:March 2003
Publisher:Aladdin Paperbacks
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"
Age Range:8 to 12 years
Grade Range:Grades 3 to 7
Customer Reviews
1 rating
A Ballistic Pace
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
In murky Tortuga, which our heroes are not familiar with, people are getting murdered left and right. From sea battles to swordplay, this book has everything you would think pirates would do. The boy does things that seem realistic for his age (which is the same as mine). He doesn't load cannons or slay pirates himself, but he is a spy and assistant surgeon. There's constant action and surprises, twists and turns and deadly encounters.I finished it in one sitting.The same authors wrote the Wishbone Mystery series. In those books, they leapt from one plot to another too quickly, and the mysteries set in the present weren't very exciting. They write better with one story to tell, and The Guns of Tortuga's hero can fight, battle and spy because he has to do these things to survive.
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