“THE DAY THE PIRATES WENT MAD takes place at the turn of the 18th century and the Golden Age of Piracy is just around the corner. Follow the adventures of eleven-year-old Emma Sharpe as she learns to sail the sea, bonds with her shipmates, and then must save them all from a cursed pirate treasure before it’s too late!”
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Take a look inside Emma Sharpe’s first adventure during the Age of Sail!

“BACK TO THE NEW ADVENTURE is the sequel to THE DAY THE PIRATES WENT MAD and is also an early 18th century historical fiction. Follow the adventures of thirteen-year-old Emma Sharpe as she must survive being marooned, duel a pirate captain, break into a French jail, and chase down the ship taking a captured crewmate back to France for execution, all before it’s too late!”
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