Describes the daily life of eighteenth-century pirates in a humorous "how to" format, covering a pirate's required skills, ship, flag, clothing, food and drink, pastimes, punishments, and duties during a raid.
Nine-year-old Fergus Crane's life is filled with classes on the school ship Betty Jeanne, interesting neighbors, and helping with his mother's work until a mysterious box flies into his window and leads him toward adventure.
Pirate Pete and Pirate Joe visit the Pirate Queen and have fun playing games and going to Disco Dan's House of Pins until it is bedtime and the Pirate Queen becomes just their mother once again.
When his older sister disappears, twelve-year-old Buddy Stebbins follows her back in time and finds himself aboard a seventeenth-century pirate ship captained by a distant relative.
Captain Wafer and the crew of the Sinful Sausage set sail for the Thousand Islands with a plot to kidnap a famous inventor, only to be thwarted by a witch, a firedrake, and the dastardly Dr. Silkweed.
Irish Grania O'Malley is born with the light of the sea in her eye and grows to become a courageous pirate, even braving the wrath of England's Queen Elizabeth I to defend her life and lands.