Pirate Talk or Mermalade

by Terese Svoboda

Book Overview

Pursued by a mermaid, two boys talk their way into pirating and end up in the Arctic where a secret unhinges them both. Disabled piecemeal, harassed by a parrot, marooned on a tree-challenged island, posing as Pilgrims, scrimshawing and singing their way out of prison, the spunky pirates of Pirate Talk or Mermalade defy and indeed eliminate all description: it's a novel in voices. The many faces of Terese Svoboda 's luminous writing include eleven...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0982631804
• ISBN13: 9780982631805
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Dzanc Books
• Length: 151 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 7.8"