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Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow #4
Джак Спароу: Мечът на Кортес
Джак носи със себе си омагьосаната ножница. Върху нея е изписано тайнствено заклинание, което той е прочел. Капитанът на "Раковина" държи в ръцете си всесилния Меч на Кортес. Но за беда плътно до него е и призракът на първия господар на Меча - Ернан Кортес. А екипажът на "Раковина" се е озовал на покрит със сняг остров в Карибско море, откъдето е почти невъзможно да се измъкне, и съдбата му виси на косъм. Джак трябва да намери начин да овладее изплъзващата се сила на Меча, да разгроми Кортес и да спаси своите другари. Но както обикновено, това няма да е никак лесно.
109 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2006
About the author
Rob Kidd
55 books109 followersTui T. Sutherland, who sometimes writes under the pen name Rob Kidd, is a children's book author who has also written under the pen name Heather Williams. She shares another pen name, Erin Hunter, with writers Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry when they collaborate with editor Victoria Holmes on the Seekers and Warriors series of novels.In 2009, she appeared as a contestant on Jeopardy!, becoming a two-day champion and winning a grand total of $46,200.
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August 27, 2022
End. 1401/6/5
چرا داشتی منو سکته میدادیییی🥲😭
چرا داشتی منو سکته میدادیییی🥲😭
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December 28, 2021This may not be great literature... but damn me if I am not having fun! x'D
January 31, 2026
Easy read
Jack in fact deserve that slap
Jack in fact deserve that slap
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June 22, 2026
Best one yet
May 19, 2026
Finally, I read the final book from the series I read as a child. Pirates of the Caribbean | Jack Sparrow: The Sword of Cortés
So, in later years, I realized that there are way more books in this series after the 4th one. Like way more. But as a kid, this was as far as I ever read. It seemed very concluding to me at the time.
The entire main story from the first book until this one is the quest for the Sword of Cortés. That plotline concludes here. Sure, the ending is a bit open-ended, but I always just assumed that it was a short series of books that I had then completed by the 4th book.
Now that I’m rereading these as an adult for nostalgia purposes, I feel like I owe it to myself to actually finish the series, and read all the additional books that I never even owned as a child. Rereading the books I already own, I just read from my old books, which were in Norwegian.
I’m not sure if the rest of the series is available anywhere with a Norwegian translation anymore. I’d definitely prefer to read all of them in English tbh, but as I read the first 4 in Norwegian now, I’d like to try and stay consistent if possible.
But if they’re not available in Norwegian, I’ll just get the rest of the series in English. Which, again, is lowkey preferable anyway. So what did I think of this book? I liked it. I think it’s the best one thus far, though it’s close to being tied with the third book.
This one is more eventful and the stakes get pretty high. However, it might be paced a little oddly at times. So, I feel like the previous book might have more consistent pacing. All of these books are short and easy to read, as they are child-friendly.
But I think this one is at least a chapter or two longer than they usually are. I’m glad they allowed themselves to take their time to wrap things up. Seeing as the quest for the Sword of Cortés concludes here. The illustrations were really cool in this book, and I felt like there was an appropriate amount of them.
One of them in particular felt oddly placed, though. It showed another spirit attacking the ghost of Cortés… But the illustration appeared one or two pages before it actually happened. Spoilers lol. It’d be better to place it right after, if anything. I liked Isla Fortuna serving as somewhat of a “hub”.
It was cool that the rest of the crew were busy there while Jack had to travel around elsewhere to do sidequests before he could return to fight the final boss who was waiting for him. It felt almost like a video game. The battle in the mermaids’ lair was pretty intense to read.
I liked that Jack got some time to actually travel with the sword and wield it. Gradually, we learned more and more about what types of powers it possessed. I liked this, because at this point, it was important that it lived up to all the hype. We got to see some different sides to Jack as well, adding more depth to his character.
Like how bad he felt that he (or the sword) accidentally sank an entire ship of Englishmen, even though they were adversaries of his. It was actually pretty sad to see Tumen suffer and eventually die. That must’ve been heavy on Jack’s conscience…
It’s a little bit cheap to bring him back to life right after just because Cortés was beaten. Also predictable. But ultimately, I’m glad he survived, because I just think it would be too depressing for the crew to go on after something like that, and it just sounds sad and boring.
Although Jack did cleverly outsmart Cortés, it felt a bit like something to be desired because he didn’t actually have a fight with Cortés himself. But it’s fine. This next part only applies to the Norwegian translation of the book. In some ways, the language is very simple and easy to read.
But this book, and the other three as well, do use quite many clever words and phrases. I find myself writing in the Norwegian words from this book into Google Translate, to see what they mean in English, so I can understand them better… lol. I guess they’re just old speech words.
Kinda fitting, as this book isn’t exactly set in modern times. But it might be a bit tryhard with it? Most of these words are words you’d more commonly find in Danish. Also, they regularly do this thing where they place a star next to references to the other books.
And at the bottom of the page, there’ll be a text saying “*As can be seen in book 1: The Coming Storm”, etc. They’ve done this a certain amount of times now, to the point where I feel like it’s less about adding context, and more about them not feeling confident that we’ve actually read the other books.
So, it comes off as a little bit… desperate? Or unconfident, if you will. GRAND BARNACLE was super cool, but I guess it’s ultimately for the best that it turned back to regular Barnacle, as it would be next to impossible for them to sail such a big ship on their own without the sword.
I suppose they didn’t get what they wanted from this quest, but it did bring them all together. And it seems like the crew will be staying together for a while longer because they like it that way, regardless of any quest. I like that, they make quite the team. I also appreciated Tia Dalma appearing in this book.
More characters from the movies will help it all feel more connected imo. Also, idk if I mentioned this in the previous review or not. But I’m pretty sure I found out that the author, Rob Kidd, isn't even an actual person lol.
I think it’s just an alias, and that the books are actually written by 4 writers working for Disney or something. I’m not sure how I feel about that, it sounds like a better idea to have one consistent author. I’m gonna be on stranger tides (hehe) with the next books in the series.
I’ll try to get one and read one every now and then until the series is completed. I’m excited to see what happens next, because for the first time, I genuinely do not know what’ll happen.
So, in later years, I realized that there are way more books in this series after the 4th one. Like way more. But as a kid, this was as far as I ever read. It seemed very concluding to me at the time.
The entire main story from the first book until this one is the quest for the Sword of Cortés. That plotline concludes here. Sure, the ending is a bit open-ended, but I always just assumed that it was a short series of books that I had then completed by the 4th book.
Now that I’m rereading these as an adult for nostalgia purposes, I feel like I owe it to myself to actually finish the series, and read all the additional books that I never even owned as a child. Rereading the books I already own, I just read from my old books, which were in Norwegian.
I’m not sure if the rest of the series is available anywhere with a Norwegian translation anymore. I’d definitely prefer to read all of them in English tbh, but as I read the first 4 in Norwegian now, I’d like to try and stay consistent if possible.
But if they’re not available in Norwegian, I’ll just get the rest of the series in English. Which, again, is lowkey preferable anyway. So what did I think of this book? I liked it. I think it’s the best one thus far, though it’s close to being tied with the third book.
This one is more eventful and the stakes get pretty high. However, it might be paced a little oddly at times. So, I feel like the previous book might have more consistent pacing. All of these books are short and easy to read, as they are child-friendly.
But I think this one is at least a chapter or two longer than they usually are. I’m glad they allowed themselves to take their time to wrap things up. Seeing as the quest for the Sword of Cortés concludes here. The illustrations were really cool in this book, and I felt like there was an appropriate amount of them.
One of them in particular felt oddly placed, though. It showed another spirit attacking the ghost of Cortés… But the illustration appeared one or two pages before it actually happened. Spoilers lol. It’d be better to place it right after, if anything. I liked Isla Fortuna serving as somewhat of a “hub”.
It was cool that the rest of the crew were busy there while Jack had to travel around elsewhere to do sidequests before he could return to fight the final boss who was waiting for him. It felt almost like a video game. The battle in the mermaids’ lair was pretty intense to read.
I liked that Jack got some time to actually travel with the sword and wield it. Gradually, we learned more and more about what types of powers it possessed. I liked this, because at this point, it was important that it lived up to all the hype. We got to see some different sides to Jack as well, adding more depth to his character.
Like how bad he felt that he (or the sword) accidentally sank an entire ship of Englishmen, even though they were adversaries of his. It was actually pretty sad to see Tumen suffer and eventually die. That must’ve been heavy on Jack’s conscience…
It’s a little bit cheap to bring him back to life right after just because Cortés was beaten. Also predictable. But ultimately, I’m glad he survived, because I just think it would be too depressing for the crew to go on after something like that, and it just sounds sad and boring.
Although Jack did cleverly outsmart Cortés, it felt a bit like something to be desired because he didn’t actually have a fight with Cortés himself. But it’s fine. This next part only applies to the Norwegian translation of the book. In some ways, the language is very simple and easy to read.
But this book, and the other three as well, do use quite many clever words and phrases. I find myself writing in the Norwegian words from this book into Google Translate, to see what they mean in English, so I can understand them better… lol. I guess they’re just old speech words.
Kinda fitting, as this book isn’t exactly set in modern times. But it might be a bit tryhard with it? Most of these words are words you’d more commonly find in Danish. Also, they regularly do this thing where they place a star next to references to the other books.
And at the bottom of the page, there’ll be a text saying “*As can be seen in book 1: The Coming Storm”, etc. They’ve done this a certain amount of times now, to the point where I feel like it’s less about adding context, and more about them not feeling confident that we’ve actually read the other books.
So, it comes off as a little bit… desperate? Or unconfident, if you will. GRAND BARNACLE was super cool, but I guess it’s ultimately for the best that it turned back to regular Barnacle, as it would be next to impossible for them to sail such a big ship on their own without the sword.
I suppose they didn’t get what they wanted from this quest, but it did bring them all together. And it seems like the crew will be staying together for a while longer because they like it that way, regardless of any quest. I like that, they make quite the team. I also appreciated Tia Dalma appearing in this book.
More characters from the movies will help it all feel more connected imo. Also, idk if I mentioned this in the previous review or not. But I’m pretty sure I found out that the author, Rob Kidd, isn't even an actual person lol.
I think it’s just an alias, and that the books are actually written by 4 writers working for Disney or something. I’m not sure how I feel about that, it sounds like a better idea to have one consistent author. I’m gonna be on stranger tides (hehe) with the next books in the series.
I’ll try to get one and read one every now and then until the series is completed. I’m excited to see what happens next, because for the first time, I genuinely do not know what’ll happen.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 12, 2013
I found this book at a Booksale branch and, since I liked the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie series, bought it. (It was also cheap). But...
The plot is so fast and flimsy, with not enough development of character. I know this is the fourth of a series, but it would have helped those who haven't read the others to know more about the characters and the circumstances. Maybe it's because it's a book written for children.
And a major factual error: Cortes was no saint, but the Aztec civilization was not a model for good behavior either. The Aztecs waged wars in order to expand their territory and capture prisoners for their blood-soaked ritual sacrifices. It was just their misfortune that they found in Cortes and the conquistadors a more violent opponent with better weapons.
The plot is so fast and flimsy, with not enough development of character. I know this is the fourth of a series, but it would have helped those who haven't read the others to know more about the characters and the circumstances. Maybe it's because it's a book written for children.
And a major factual error: Cortes was no saint, but the Aztec civilization was not a model for good behavior either. The Aztecs waged wars in order to expand their territory and capture prisoners for their blood-soaked ritual sacrifices. It was just their misfortune that they found in Cortes and the conquistadors a more violent opponent with better weapons.
November 24, 2021
Fun story about a young Jack Sparrow. If you love Pirates and Jack, then this is a fun read about the start of the story of how Jack became Jack. I like how they’re separate but continue the story well and connected
September 15, 2022
Couldn't resist mate.
September 15, 2024
A fun summer read.
February 6, 2014
When I first found out there were actual books for Jack Sparrow's story I was thrilled, but never did I expect they would be so accurate and well-written. Jack Sparrow is described exactly as he is in the movies. Seriously, it was like watching Johnny Depp the whole time, despite the fact that he was a teenager here. His wit, his carelessness and lust for adventure--It was really enjoyable to finally know what's in his mind and sort out the way he thinks and acts. We even get to see some of his emotions in this book, something we barely saw in the movies. I definitely recommend reading it for those who have been bewitched by the pirate in the first place. I guarantee to all of you it'll be worth it.
December 10, 2023
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow" is a thrilling swashbuckling adventure that captivates readers with its charismatic protagonist, Jack Sparrow. The narrative skillfully weaves together daring escapades, mysterious islands, and a touch of supernatural intrigue. The dynamic character development adds depth to the story, making Jack Sparrow both enigmatic and endearing. The fast-paced plot keeps readers on the edge of their seats, blending humor and suspense seamlessly. The vivid descriptions of the high seas and vibrant characters create a cinematic experience in the reader's mind. Overall, the book is a rollicking journey that brings the magic of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise to life on the pages.
October 1, 2014
I read this entire series when I was a preteen or young teenager. I LOVED each and every one of these and I waited impatiently for each new installment.
Being an avid Disney fan and the POTC ride in Disney World is my favorite, and the POTC movies were among my most-watched movies, I could not contain myself when my dad found these for me in the book store.
Although I have not read them in years, I remember them fondly and I strongly recommend them to anyone who likes pirates, tie-in novels, or just exciting adventuress. I think these would be a hit for reluctant readers as well (even though I did not classify as a reluctant reader, these grab you quickly and are pretty easy to get into).
Being an avid Disney fan and the POTC ride in Disney World is my favorite, and the POTC movies were among my most-watched movies, I could not contain myself when my dad found these for me in the book store.
Although I have not read them in years, I remember them fondly and I strongly recommend them to anyone who likes pirates, tie-in novels, or just exciting adventuress. I think these would be a hit for reluctant readers as well (even though I did not classify as a reluctant reader, these grab you quickly and are pretty easy to get into).
November 13, 2012
So far I have only read the 3rd and 4th books in the Jack Sparrow series but I have liked them. . like the overall story in this bank better then the 3rd book. T.ere is definitely a lot of action and adventure which is perfect for younger readers. I think Kidd could have made it a little more detailed and pulled the story out more and it would have been really excellent and engaging, but as an elementary school or reluctant reader type book it is great.
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December 20, 2016I give this book a 4 star rating. I like this book because of it's adventure. I like how they put jack as a teen because it explains about his past and what he did. This book was about how he found the sword of cortes and cortes came back from the dead to teach jack how to use it because it has god like powers. after cortes leaves jacks crew did not like the sword but jack didn't listen to the crew and something bad happens.
July 20, 2011
This is the book where the storyline really takes off. This book had a lot of action in it. In this book the character of Jack Sparrow becomes a bit more like the Jack Sparrow in the Pirates Of The Caribbean movies. He shows a bit of his trademark selfishness when he goes out in search of the mermaids on his own. I welcome this slight change in his character. It makes him more interesting.
January 25, 2016
The 4th book in the Sword of Cortez series starring a young Jack Sparrow. This is a good series for young people. My Daughter wanted me to read this. there is alot of action and suspense for a childs book. It holds true to the Jack Sparrow movies with monsters, mermaids, black magic, and a little "savvy" in for good measure. I'm glad I read this.
January 18, 2011
This book is about Jack when he finds a sword and the owner of it comes back from the dead. Then Cortes tell Jack what to do with it. Jack then fights Cortes for the sword and both the sword and Cortes go to the bottom of the ocean.
September 19, 2008
This one was very cool! The ghost of Cortes and all! *shudder* Rob Kidd knows how to describe a ghost, alright!
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September 26, 2008too good to spoil
June 30, 2009
Loved it!!
June 27, 2009
same as 1st
July 20, 2016
Amazing! I'm kind of hoping that, one day, all these books are combined to form just one giant origin story for older readers. I would definitely buy it!
November 11, 2021
Cute kids book for those who love POTC and Jack Sparrow. Aimed at 10-12 year olds, checking it off my “did not read as a child list” 🤣
March 18, 2008
I LUV THIS BOO...u get thae point. =)
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