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FREE shipping on qualifying offers. One can’t just give up an imaginary pirate without seriously weird consequences. In Book One of this two-part story.

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Scurvy loved the cured, smoked strips of pork with an insane enthusiasm Outside, standing on the porch, Scurvy Goonda looked at a dolphin frolicking and splashing, and wondered what it would taste like with a side of hash browns.

Scurvy loved the cured, smoked strips of pork with an insane enthusiasm. For as long as Ted could remember, in the tradition of piratical pillagers, Scurvy had demolished Ted’s sand castles and broken his toys and caused all manner of destruction for which Ted was inevitably blamed. Outside, standing on the porch, Scurvy Goonda looked at a dolphin frolicking and splashing, and wondered what it would taste like with a side of hash browns. IV. No matter how tight Ted shut the curtains, light snuck in and bounced off his bedroom mirror, painting golden strips across his body.

Chris McCoy's book deserves to stand up with beloved children's books like Harry Potter and Fablehaven. McCoy is a fresh voice in literature. He has a tone and style that are distinctive and wrapped around an imaginative story. Let's hope he writes more, and for adults too. His story is creative, the dialogue is clever and you can't help but fall in love with his characters - even the villians are enchanting.

though in the fog of half sleep, Ted couldn’t be entirely sure. Good morning, sweet Theo, said Vango. Sweet like a macaroon!. Time to leave! said Dwack. Time to leave! said Dwack rusher and claustrophobic tunnels. A nervous feeling washed over him. I’ll stay here, said Ted. You go on ahead. Dwack and Dr. Narwhal just looked at Ted while Vango removed a canvas painting from its easel and slipped it into a bag. Ted caught a glimpse of the picture, which appeared to be a portrait of him with his eyes closed.

Random House Children's Books, 10 нояб

Random House Children's Books, 10 нояб. Part friendship story, part madcap adventure, readers who love stories in which almost-ordinary kids travel to fantastical lands and become heroes will revel in the imaginative landscape and characters featured in this original debut.

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McSweeney's writer McCoy leverages a loony premise into a surreal and uncommonly messy debut for young readers. When all of them vanish suddenly, including the gamey and distracting titular pirate that has made him an object of general derision for seven of his 14 years, shunned outsider Ted Merritt discovers that they've been recruited into an army of Ab-Coms poised to exact vengeance on the children who have outgrown them.

Chris McCoy is a screenwriter and director who has written for Paramount, DreamWorks, Disney, Laika, and Marvel. He has contributed to McSweeney’s and The Believer and is also the author of the novel Scurvy Goonda. He lives in Venice, California. Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure Books Children’s Picture Books. Inspired by Your Browsing History. Also in Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure Books.

Scurvy Goonda - Chris McCoy.

Part friendship story, part madcap adventure, readers who love stories in which almost-ordinary kids travel to fantastical lands and become heroes will revel in the imaginative landscape and characters featured in this original debut. Scurvy Goonda - Chris McCoy.