Books with title The Ghost Ship

Vicki plans to spend her summer vacation waitressing at her father's seaside restaurant, Ye Olde Seashell Room: a must-see tourist destination with seashell-covered walls and a 230-year-old figurehead from a lost ship, the Storm Goddess. But when the bay mysteriously goes dry and the Storm Goddess suddenly appears, Vicki and her small community are thrown off course. Now the town's greedy mayor sees dollar signs from potential new tourism, a nosy reporter smells something fishy, and Vicki is haunted by ghosts! Can she, along with her friend, Peter, manage to get aboard the Storm Goddess and unlock its ancient curse? Reiche's masterfully plotted novel blends ghost story, pirate legend, and spine-tingling mystery into one captivating adventure. Translated from the German by John Brownjohn.

"I am so pleased to have written my first children's book and to have my dear friend Wendell Minor illustrate it. I thought it would be a daunting project, but with six grandchildren and eleven stepgrandchildren, I've been telling stories to children for a long time." -- Mary Higgins Clark Thomas loved his summer visits to his grandmother's on Cape Cod. He spent hours wondering about the sailing ships of the past and imagining their stories. He dreamed of being on a sailing ship himself. One afternoon after a night of terrible thunderstorms, Thomas finds, deep in the sand, a weathered, old-fashioned belt buckle. When he picks it up, a boy his own age, Silas Rich, who was a cabin boy on a ship called the Monomoy that sailed almost 250 years ago, appears. Suddenly the world of sailing ships is very near as Silas tells his tale. Beloved and bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark tells a story of mystery and adventure that will transport readers to a time and place beyond their imaginings in her first book for children. Wendell Minor's inspired paintings make a time long ago very real.

How to become an Undercover Pirate...1)Have a pirate captain as your ancient ancestor2)Find a message in a bottle and a magic gold doubloon3)Get whisked back in time to join a pirate crew4)When you get home DON'T TELL ANYONE. Remember - you're undercover!When Sam Silver and the crew of the Sea Wolf board a galleon looking for Spanish gold, they find it's already been stolen - by a ghost ship! Can our pirate heroes outwit a ghostly crew or is the treasure gone for ever?

When Sydney and Sam are taking a walk on the beach at night, a ghost ship appears in the horizon. Soon they find out that it is scaring people and most definitely kids. Their investigation leads to the Port of Oakland where they meet a kid named Jonathan who tries to help solve the mystery with his younger sister Maya. Will they be brave enough to solve the case, or will the ghost ship keep on scaring people out of town?

This historical charmer about a real shrimp trawler docked at the last working oystering operation on the east coast is a fun read that touches on old traditions and follows our main character as he explores one of Bluffton, South Carolina's most unique landmarks! When Evan visits Palmetto Bluff and the May River with his grandparents, he only thinks of sunshine, water, fishing and swimming. He never thought he'd ever come across a real ghost ship…a big storm…and spooky ghost boys!! Meet them all for yourself in this exciting read-aloud that will make children of all ages crave their own summer lowcountry adventure!This charming read-aloud picture book was inspired by a real visit to Palmetto Bluff, where I live, by my seven-year-old grandson, Evan. We took him by boat up the May River and docked near an old shrimp trawler. Evan (a city boy!) was flabbergasted. He had never seen such a beat up, old rust-bucket of a boat and was very curious if it was a “ghost ship.”Somehow, this notion got mixed with some black and white photographs I’d made of his cousin, Grant. The camera had done something odd and made Grant look ghostly, as in see-thru! So my imagination took this creative soup of ideas and I wrote this book, which is that combo of scary-ish and humorous that boys love!As Papa trots off to the Old Oyster Factory, Evan is enticed up the gangplank, and can’t resist going aboard! Of course, he meets the “ghost boys,” who (like many very young children back in history) went to sea with brothers, fathers, uncles, etc. Their tale intrigues Evan, who enjoys their company, but realizes that he has it pretty good as a kid today!Great for ages 6-10.The amazing illustrations are by Savannah College of Art and Design graduate Lee Barrow, who was in Japan teaching English, when he drew these for me.

Have you ever had a fight with your brother and regretted it?Bertram Bile wasn't always like this. At primary school, he had friends, kind teachers, and great grades. But everything changed when he started his new school. His parents split up, his dad went missing, and his mum lost her job. Now he's bullied by his classmate Angus and his evil geography teacher Miss Petrenko. His dad had been Miss Petrenko's first love, but she never forgave him for dumping her for Bertram's mum when they were kids themselves. Bertram feels sure that Miss Petrenko knows more about his dad's disappearance than she's letting on. After all, why would you take a job as a geography teacher if you didn't know any geography AND you hated kids? The Ghostly ShipDuring a visit to the witch's tree where his aunty Hester lives, Bertram learns the origins of the REAL source of the River Thames and the story of an evil magician who sought revenge on the King and his sons. Is this the reason why brothers fight?The Ghostly Ship is the fifth book in the Bertram Bile time travel adventure series, which follows the course of the River Thames from its source in Gloucestershire to the North Sea in Essex. But don't worry if you miss a book or two, you can jump in at any point in the series.