Port of Spies

Pirate School #4

by Brian James, Jennifer Zivoin (Illustrator)

As the Sea Rat pulls into port, the kids are excited to explore the town! That is, until Rotten Tooth makes them run errands the whole time. But they are determined to have fun, so the kids turn it into a spying mission. By the time they return to the deck, they have a whole list of suspicious activities to report. Rotten Tooth dismisses them, but then strange things begin to happen on the ship . . . could they have a stowaway aboard?

64 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2007

About the author

I've written numerous children's books, including the Pirate School series and the Catkid series. I'm also the author of several novels: Pure Sunshine; Tomorrow, Maybe; Perfect World; Dirty Liar; Thief; Zombie Blondes; The Heights.

Reviews

[Books Kids Like · Rating 4 out of 5]

The pirate kids look forward to stopping at King's Island for a day of browsing and shopping. Unfortunately, as they make harbor, Rotten Tooth hands them a long list of supplies and informs them that the newest recruits always do the shopping. He, also, tells them to keep their eyes and ears open because landlubbers are suspicious of pirates. They soon have such a long list of suspicious activity that they’re convinced that the whole town is filled with spies. Back on board ship, other strange things are happening. The oatmeal barrel is found open, and oatmeal crumbs appear on Gary's bunk. Also, Gary's pillow and blanket are missing. It seems that one of the spies has stowed abroad the Sea Rat.
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[Gena Lott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the best written story but a cute premise with some fun ideas about what it would be like to be a child going to pirate school. 3rd grade reading level