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The Pirates of Bair Island
Magic, gadgets & time-traveling pirates? It’s just a day in the life of Disastrous Pirate Sue & her steampunk nieces.
What if it turned out that your grandfather invented time travel, your parents were airship pilots, and your aunt was a pirate?
When Chloe and Bella lose their parents in a terrible time-traveling disaster, they’re shipped off to their last remaining relative. Auntie Sue seems to be a very old woman living on a very dirty boat. But not everything is what it seems.
Little do they know that the boat is a famous pirate ship, and their aunt the infamous Disastrous Pirate Sue. The girls and their aunt embark on a wild adventure to the past to rescue their parents and stop von Helmholtz from destroying the last remaining time-travel machine.
Thus begins the absolutely true account of the amazing Faradays, a family to whom wonderful (and often quite dreadful) things are always happening. Chloe and Bella are just discovering that this is their family.
In this cross between “Pirates of the Caribbean” and Harry Potter, Susan Katherine Rits uses cheeky humor, daring characters, and Steampunk fashion to rivet young readers during this rollicking adventure to the past.
What if it turned out that your grandfather invented time travel, your parents were airship pilots, and your aunt was a pirate?
When Chloe and Bella lose their parents in a terrible time-traveling disaster, they’re shipped off to their last remaining relative. Auntie Sue seems to be a very old woman living on a very dirty boat. But not everything is what it seems.
Little do they know that the boat is a famous pirate ship, and their aunt the infamous Disastrous Pirate Sue. The girls and their aunt embark on a wild adventure to the past to rescue their parents and stop von Helmholtz from destroying the last remaining time-travel machine.
Thus begins the absolutely true account of the amazing Faradays, a family to whom wonderful (and often quite dreadful) things are always happening. Chloe and Bella are just discovering that this is their family.
In this cross between “Pirates of the Caribbean” and Harry Potter, Susan Katherine Rits uses cheeky humor, daring characters, and Steampunk fashion to rivet young readers during this rollicking adventure to the past.
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First published May 21, 2013
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Susan Katherine Rits
1 book9 followersSusan Katherine Rits is an adventuress and author. She lives at a marina on Bair Island, somewhere near San Francisco, where she writes stories, invents gadgets, and will one day entertain her nieces, Chloe and Isabella.
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July 18, 2013
Two little girls have become orphans and are sent to live with their aunt on a run-down boat at slip 303 on Bair Island. Auntie Sue isn't your ordinary aunt; some days, like the day Chloe and Bella arrive, she's feeling her age, a gray-haired hag dragging herself up the ramp to welcome her nieces. Other times she can shrink into an insecure nine year old. But in reality, she's Disastrous Pirate Sue, who takes her nieces on adventures through time and introduces them to a crazy array of brilliant relatives who have invented marvelous gadgets for time travel. The Pirates of Bair Island (The Absolutely True Adventures of the Amazing Faradays), the first of our Clockwork Books imprint at Imprint.li, will delight kids of all ages.
August 3, 2013
This is an exhilarating read for children, following the adventures of young Bella and Chloe as they join their Auntie Sue on her pirate ship. They discover that Auntie Sue is also Captain Sue, a famous pirate who uses magic, extraordinary gadgets and time-travel to battle with her opponents.
Bella and Chloe find themselves sword-fighting, time-traveling and in the middle of an earthquake(to name just a few of their escapades)as they race against time to rescue their parents.
Some great characters and fascinating gadgets (I especially liked the Ubiquitous Map...can I have one please?)this action packed adventure is sure to please children, and probably their parents as well.
Bella and Chloe find themselves sword-fighting, time-traveling and in the middle of an earthquake(to name just a few of their escapades)as they race against time to rescue their parents.
Some great characters and fascinating gadgets (I especially liked the Ubiquitous Map...can I have one please?)this action packed adventure is sure to please children, and probably their parents as well.
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