Real Life pirates would often cultivate this kind of image to instill fear and terror in their victims and targets, making for surrender quicker and easier. They have, in fact, thoroughly earned their Real Life designation hostes humani generis or, in literal Latin, 'enemies of the human race'. Generally the easy go-to bad guys for anything in The Cavalier Years. Seeing the Jolly Roger on the horizon is bad news for the dashing, clean-cut heroes, who will soon have to deal with a wave of unwashed brutes intent on looting as much as they can, killing the crew after prolonged torture to ensure they aren't holding back treasure and pure cruelty as well, and… ahem… 'abducting' the women. Marauding Brutes: Some pirates are major threats whenever they appear.Fond o' drinking and prone ta fights, out to live 'a short life and a merry one.' The pirates we know and love were greatly influenced by those of Peter Pan and Treasure Island. ĭashing villains who lived free on the open sea, with a parrot on their shoulder, a cutlass in their hand and a chest full o' gold. There is no sexual dialogue or situations, violence, or strong language, only positive moral values.- The Pirate King, The Pirates of Penzance Parents can trust the Caribbean Chronicles Series. The book includes a PIRATE MAP of Calico Jack's sailing routes and the ports he visited. Also, in real life those who suffer absence seizures may appear to be in a trance but cannot recall what happens during their episode. Some liberties have been taken in the telling of the story, but many of the events reflect what historians believed happened to Jack, Mary, and Anne. The story is based on historical research of the life of 'Calico Jack' John Rackham. The End of Calico Jack is a fictional retelling of the pirate escapades of Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read. Now back on Coffin Cay with his parents, Ricky hunts for the treasure he found in the cave over three hundred years earlier during his trip back to pirate land. During his last trance-like episode, Ricky uncovered a treasure from the Nuestra Se ora de Riqueza, a vessel in an armada of ships sailing the Spanish Main. While searching for rumored treasure in a cave on Coffin Cay, a small island off the southwestern tip of Haiti (Hispaniola), Ricky suffers an absence seizure.

2020 Selah Award Winner for YA Literature - In this YA pirate tale, award-winning author Eddie Jones blends action, adventure, and humor into a fictional retelling of the pirate exploits of Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read.

The End of Calico Jack by Eddie Jones