Jake Jellicoe And The Dread Pirate Redbeard

Author: Joanna Nadin

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  • : 15.00 NZD
  • : 9780744557862
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  • : August 2006
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : United Kingdom
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Description

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When Jake Jellicoe signs up as cabin boy aboard the Flounder, Captain Dreadnought promises him a share of the loot. But he soon discovers that the captain isn't all that he seems and, before he knows it, Jake is caught up in a race for the Dread Pirate Redbeard's treasure!

Reviews

"This comical story is very much in the tradition of Dahl... [and is] humorously illustrated by Arthur Robins." National Association for the Teaching of English on Maisie Morris and the Awful Arkwrights"

Author description

Joanna Nadin is an author of children's fiction. Her past jobs include working as a theatre wardrobe assistant, an account manager for a juggling company, a radio journalist, a newsreader and, most recently, a political writer and advisor in government. Joanna, who is the great-great-great-granddaughter of author William Makepeace Thackeray, lives in Bath.