Pirate Curse: Volume 1

by Kai Meyer

Book Overview

The Pirates of the Caribbean have a name for kids who walk on water -- they call them polliwogs. As far as fourteen-year-old Jolly knows, she's the last polliwog still alive -- and this special talent... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416924736
• ISBN13: 9781416924739
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

I Won't Tell You What!

I liked this book. If I didn't like it I wouldn't give it so many stars. It starts with a big battle between two ships. Jolly is the one that is running. She is running on the water. She is a Polliwiggle! My brother's favorite character is the Hexhermetic Shipworm. He is a bit silly. He thinks he's a great poet, but nobody really listens. He's just a worm that eats wood. I thought the story was exciting. Jolly meets another Polliwiggle named Monk. He lives on an island and they have to go off together. Something happens to them, but I won't tell you what! (He, he, he, he...) I like to read a lot of fantasy books. I like the Mistmantle Chronicles and Varjak Paw books and Catwings books and Dragonrider and The Tale of Despereaux. I liked this too. I recommend that you try it.

Great

For me to find a book that i can really read is hard but this book i read it in 3 days. Its adventure and fantasy so cant stop reading. I hate reading but that book made me feel like i wasn't even reading.

Creative, Amazing, Gripping... what more do you want?

In this outstanding book by Kai Meyer, Jolly, a 14 year-old pirate, has been blessed- or cursed?- with the ability to walk on water. She and her pirate crew, who are the only family she knows, roam the seas, until one terrible day, when they are tricked onboared a vessel that has been rigged to kill them. (Supposedly?) every single one of them dies, except Jolly. She washes up on an island, and to her suprise, meets another "polliwog" or another person who can walk on water. She and Munk, the other polliwog, meet the Ghost Trader, a strange man who is surrounded by secrets. After a horrible ordeal conserning Munk's family, both children join the Ghost Trader on a mission to save the world. But Jolly isnt bought by all this, the only thing she wants is to find her pirates and the person who set out to destroy them. On their incredible journey toward Allenium, a place as strange as the Ghost Trader, they meet new friends-and some non-friends- and experiance wierd and exciting places, jounying to the unknown in search of answers. But then the unthinkable happens...

The Wave Walkers

If you love Pirates of the Caribbean the movie and just pirates in general then you'll love this book. If you read the first page and like how it starts then you'll love the rest. This book is packed with thrilling adventures that will send your imagination for a ride. The main charcher is Jolly, a girl who is about 14. She loves the sea and can never go a long time with out seeing it or being on it. Munk, who is the same age, is a boy who wants to be a pirate or at least wants to see one. His dream starts coming true when he mets Jolly(who is a pirate). They are two of a kind, if you can beleive that. They are in great danger when an evil comes for them. I don't want to give away the story but I will tell you that this is a book worth reading and I don't read that much.

An action-packed, fun-filled pirate adventure

Jolly has an unusual life for a 14-year-old girl. Her name comes from the Jolly Roger, the flag flown by pirates. She lives aboard a sailing ship, with her adopted family of pirates. She doesn't attend a traditional school, learning instead day by day how to further her career --- as a pirate! And that's not all that makes Jolly unusual; even more so is her rare ability to walk on water. Jolly is a Polliwog and believes she's the only Polliwog left alive. But she's mistaken. Fourteen-year-old Munk is a Polliwog, and he also believes he's the only one left. Munk lives a sheltered life on a secluded island with only his parents and their staff of ghost workers. His parents forbid him to use his Polliwog talents in fear that he'll be kidnapped or killed. So Munk keeps busy working on the family plantation. Unfortunately, Munk doesn't hold much interest in the plantation business; he'd much rather follow his daydreams of becoming a pirate. But Jolly and Munk's lives soon turn upside down and spin way out of control. An unknown enemy lures Jolly's ship into a trap, with only Jolly managing to escape and believing the rest of the crew dead. She washes ashore on Munk's island, and they quickly learn of each other's secret. But the amazement of finding another Polliwog in existence immediately vanishes when the enemy follows Jolly to the island and destroys Munk's parents. Jolly and Munk run for their lives with the help of a man known as the Ghost Trader. He explains that the gate to another world is crumbling away, inviting dangerous creatures intent on death and destruction. Jolly and Munk set sail on an amazing adventure to save the world. THE PIRATE CURSE offers a non-stop, action-packed thrill of a read. Each page introduces incredible adventures involving magic, pirates, strange creatures, dangerous missions, and even a bit of humor to lighten the load. German author Kai Meyer has quite a bit of writing experience under his belt, and he proves his talents over and over with his imaginative details and knowledgeable descriptions of sailing ships, the open sea and the beautiful Caribbean. THE PIRATE CURSE will leave readers eager and impatient for the promised sequel. --- Reviewed by Chris Shanley-Dillman, author of FINDING MY LIGHT and THE BLACK POND