The Cheese Pirates: Cheddar Island
Christina Lewis
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(Galleon Books, Jan. 13, 2014)
To save a seamouse from certain death, Pepper Jack leaps down a sea monster's throat. But endangering an entire crew and disobeying his captain's orders gets him thrown out of the West Tillamook Trading Company. His career is over - until the WTTC desperately needs a hero.Vicious PiRats stalk the seaways. Merchant galleons with rich cargoes of cheese and root beer never return from the dreaded Ghost Lagoon. Seamice desert the docks in droves. Leading a brave crew against the PiRats' black fleet, Pepper Jack has one chance to defeat Tillamook Bay's greatest adversary - and one last chance at redemption."Pirates of the Caribbean, move over! Make room for a crew of mouse-privateers who will capture your hearts and stop your breath with their thrilling sea-going adventures! A wonderful story, full of bold mice, good and wicked, who will show you what courage really means. No human sea-faring brigand could exceed the Cheese Pirates in daring adventures." -Lynne Reid Banks, author of The Indian in the Cupboard