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  • The Buccaneers

    Iain Lawrence, Ron Keith, Recorded Books

    Audiobook (Recorded Books, July 19, 2006)
    This thrilling companion to Iain Lawrence's award-winning The Wreckers and The Smugglers plunges listeners into high-sea action and intrigue. After 17-year-old John Spencer sets out on his first voyage to foreign lands, he and his crew are wary when they come across a stranger named Horn rowing a lifeboat in the middle of nowhere. What is the man hiding?
  • The Buccaneers

    Iain Lawrence

    Paperback (Yearling, Feb. 11, 2003)
    "There’s pirates in the West Indies. Cannibals. They cook you alive," says Mr. Spencer to his son. These words will come to haunt 17-year-old John as he embarks on his first voyage to foreign lands. Carrying cargo destined for Jamaica, John and his crew of the Dragon set off for waters few of them have sailed before. So when they come upon a lifeboat adrift at sea, some are wary of the sailor aboard. Something about his story doesn’t quite make sense. Still, John respects the stranger’s awe-inspiring seamanship. With Horn on deck, he feels the Dragon is in the best of hands.But is Horn to be trusted? The answer becomes muddled as the Dragon encounters a very real — and very dangerous — pirate ship. Now John starts to believe his father’s warnings, especially after he becomes stranded on an island reputed to have buried treasure. A place teeming with buccaneers!
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  • The Buccaneers

    Iain Lawrence

    eBook (Yearling, March 25, 2009)
    "There’s pirates in the West Indies. Cannibals. They cook you alive," says Mr. Spencer to his son. These words will come to haunt 17-year-old John as he embarks on his first voyage to foreign lands. Carrying cargo destined for Jamaica, John and his crew of the Dragon set off for waters few of them have sailed before. So when they come upon a lifeboat adrift at sea, some are wary of the sailor aboard. Something about his story doesn’t quite make sense. Still, John respects the stranger’s awe-inspiring seamanship. With Horn on deck, he feels the Dragon is in the best of hands.But is Horn to be trusted? The answer becomes muddled as the Dragon encounters a very real — and very dangerous — pirate ship. Now John starts to believe his father’s warnings, especially after he becomes stranded on an island reputed to have buried treasure. A place teeming with buccaneers!
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  • The Buccaneers

    Iain Lawrence

    Hardcover (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, Aug. 14, 2001)
    "There’s pirates in the West Indies. Cannibals. They cook you alive," says Mr. Spencer to his son. These words will come to haunt 17-year-old John as he embarks on his first voyage to foreign lands. Carrying cargo destined for Jamaica, John and his crew of the Dragon set off for waters few of them have sailed before. So when they come upon a lifeboat adrift at sea, some are wary of the sailor aboard. Something about his story doesn’t quite make sense. Still, John respects the stranger’s awe-inspiring seamanship. With Horn on deck, he feels the Dragon is in the best of hands.But is Horn to be trusted? The answer becomes muddled as the Dragon encounters a very real — and very dangerous — pirate ship. Now John starts to believe his father’s warnings, especially after he becomes stranded on an island reputed to have buried treasure. A place teeming with buccaneers!
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  • The Buccaneers

    Iain Lawrence

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Feb. 1, 2003)
    The conclusion to the High Seas trilogy begins as 17-year-old John Spencer embarks on his first voyage to foreign lands. Carrying cargo destined for Jamaica, John and his Dragon crew set off from London for waters few of them have sailed.
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  • The Buccaneers

    Iain Lawrence, Ron Keith

    Audio CD (Recorded Books LLC, Aug. 16, 2002)
    Despite a warning from his father, 17-year-old John Spencer isn't really worried about pirates as he sets out on his first voyage to foreign lands. After all, it's 1803, and there haven't been real buccaneers in the West Indies for almost a hundred years. Still, John and his crew are wary when they come across a stranger named Horn rowing a lifeboat in the middle of nowhere. No one can question Horn's awe-inspiring seamanship, but the man seems to be hiding something. Only when he meets a renegade naval captain does John learn Horn's dark secret..
  • The Buccaneers

    Iain Lawrence

    Hardcover (Thorndike Press, Dec. 2, 2001)
    Sequel to The Smugglers "There's pirates in the West Indies. Cannibals. They cook you alive." His father's words will haunt seventeen-year-old John Spencer as he embarks on his first voyage to foreign lands. Carrying cargo destined for Jamaica, John and his Dragon crew set off from London for waters few of them have sailed before. When they come upon a lifeboat adrift, some are wary of the sailor on board. His name is Horn, and something about him isn't right. Still, John respects his awe-inspiring seamanship. But is Horn to be trusted?
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  • The Buccaneers

    Iain Lawrence

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-08-11, Aug. 11, 2008)
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  • The Buccaneers

    Iain Lawrence

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Feb. 11, 2003)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Like its predecessors, The Wreckers and The Smugglers, Lawrence's concluding tale to the High Seas trilogy set in the 19th-century, offers plenty of full-blooded salty characters, cunning dialogue, surprises around every corner and a classic battle between good and evil.
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  • The Buccaneers

    Iain Lawrence, Ron Keith

    Audio Cassette (Recorded Books, Inc., )
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  • BUCCANEERS

    Iain Lawrence

    Paperback (HARPER COLL CHILDREN, Jan. 1, 2004)
    A swashbuckling thriller, part three of THE HIGH SEAS ADVENTURES, set on the oceans at the turn of the nineteenth century drama, horror, adventure"There's pirates in the West Indies. Cannibals. They cook you alive. They shrink your head to the size of a walnut," says Mr Spencer to his son. These words will haunt sixteen-year-old John Spencer as he embarks on his first voyage to foreign lands. Carrying cargo destined for Jamaica, John and his Dragon crew set off from London for waters few of them have sailed before. When they come upon a lifeboat adrift at sea, some are wary of the sailor aboard. His name is Horn, and something about this imposing and mysterious sailor isn't right. He carries a chest full of clinking glass, and his story doesn't quite make sense. Still, John respects the stranger's awe-inspiring seamanship. With Horn on deck, both John and the ship's captain believe the Dragon is in the best of hands.But is Horn to be trusted The answers become more and more complicated as the Dragon encounters a very real and very dangerous pirate ship. Now John starts to believe his father's warnings, especially after he becomes separated from his shipmates and is stranded on an island reputed to conceal buried treasure. A place teeming with buccaneersBrimming with furious high-seas adventure, this companion to The Wreckers and The Smugglers concludes with a bloodcurdling tale of pirates and a surprise ending
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  • The Buccaneers

    Iain Lawrence

    Library Binding (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, Aug. 14, 2001)
    "There’s pirates in the West Indies. Cannibals. They cook you alive," says Mr. Spencer to his son. These words will come to haunt 17-year-old John as he embarks on his first voyage to foreign lands. Carrying cargo destined for Jamaica, John and his crew of the Dragon set off for waters few of them have sailed before. So when they come upon a lifeboat adrift at sea, some are wary of the sailor aboard. Something about his story doesn’t quite make sense. Still, John respects the stranger’s awe-inspiring seamanship. With Horn on deck, he feels the Dragon is in the best of hands.But is Horn to be trusted? The answer becomes muddled as the Dragon encounters a very real — and very dangerous — pirate ship. Now John starts to believe his father’s warnings, especially after he becomes stranded on an island reputed to have buried treasure. A place teeming with buccaneers!From the Hardcover edition.
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