Books with title Very Nearly Honourable League of Pirates: Magic Marks The Sp

Audie Award Finalist, Children's Titles for Ages 8-12, 2014 Admiral Westfield sucked in his breath and released it in a tremendous gust. "My dear," he said, "let me be clear: You are a young lady. You will not tell silly tales and you will never be a pirate." Hilary Westfield has always dreamed of being a pirate. She can tread water for 37 minutes. She can tie a knot faster than a fleet of sailors. She particularly enjoys defying authority, and she already owns a rather pointy sword. There's only one problem: The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates refuses to let any girl join their ranks of scourges and scallywags. Girls belong at Miss Pimm's Finishing School for Delicate Ladies, learning to waltz, faint, and curtsy. But Hilary and her dearest friend, the gargoyle, have no use for such frivolous lessons - they are pirates! (Or very nearly.) To escape from a life of petticoats and politeness, Hilary answers a curious advertisement for a pirate crew and suddenly finds herself swept up in a seafaring adventure that may or may not involve a map without an X, a magical treasure that likely doesn't exist, a rogue governess who insists on propriety, a crew of misfit scallywags, and the most treacherous - and unexpected - villain on the High Seas. Will Hilary find the treasure in time? Will she become a true pirate after all? And what will become of the gargoyle?

Paperback. Pub Date :2014-01-02 Pages: 368 Language: English Publisher:. Simon & Schuster Hilary Westfield has always dreamed of being a pirate But the Very Nearly Honourable League of Pirates rejects Hilarys application because shes a girl. and her father ships her off to Miss Pimms Finishing School for Delicate Ladies instead. Expected to wear woollen dresses (petticoats not provided) and enthusiastically throw herself into activities such as Viennese Waltzing for the Eager Novice. Miss Pimms is every bit as horrid as Hilary feared. However . a true pirate never lets dire circumstances stand in her way. and after a mostly dreadful first week. Hilary escapes and applies for a job with a freelance pirate known as the Terror of the Southlands. He offers her a place on his misfit crew. on one condition: she must find the famous treasure thats rumoured to contain most of the ki...

'There is at least one laugh per page' New York Times Hilary Westfield is a pirate. She's daring, brave, fearless, and . . . in a rut. Maybe she hasn't found any treasure lately. And maybe she isn't fighting off as many scallywags as she'd like. But does that mean she and her loyal crew deserve to be kicked out of the ranks of the Very Nearly Honourable League of Pirates? There is only one thing to do - find a daring mission worthy of her fearless reputation. Hilary sets sail on a swashbuckling expedition that may or may not involve a kidnapped Enchantress, bumbling inspectors, a mysterious group called the Mutineers, and - most terrifying of all - a High Society ball.