Pirates: Most Wanted

Pirates: Most Wanted
by John Matthews

PIRATES: MOST WANTED by John Matthews

Category: Non-Fiction

Age Recommendation: Grades 6+

Release Date: 4/3/07

Publisher: Atheneum

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Rating: 5 Stars

It may only be thirty-two pages long, but PIRATES: MOST WANTED is an in-depth, exciting look into the life and

times

of thirteen pirates – not to mention three “cruel and unnatural women.”

From Blackbeard (otherwise known as Edward Teach) to William Kidd (a pirate who wasn’t actually a very

successful,

well, pirate), pertinent facts, historical dates, and interesting pieces of information can be found about the

lives of these men

and women who sailed the high seas. Although no one knows for sure where the name Davy

Jones (as in Davy Jones’s

Locker) came from, some say he might have actually been a real-life pirate of the

seventeenth century. The words avocado

and barbecue? They were introduced into the English language by a pirate

– truly. There are many more interesting facts

within the beautifully bound pages of PIRATES: MOST WANTED,

some of which you’ll find fascinating, others of which

you’ll find nauseating.

Whoever designed the layout of the book truly knew what they were doing, from the skull-and-crossbones cover

with the

bright green jewel eye, to the nifty little unfolding picture of the Captain’s cabin, to the extra

“The Little

Book of Pirates:

Records”

that’s attached to the back cover. Inside those pages, you can find out such facts as the

largest ever booty haul,

the luckiest pirate, and the best dressed pirate.

For pirate lovers of all ages, this is one book you definitely need for your collection!