The Dagger Quick

by Brian Eames

Book Overview

It's the pirate's life for Kitto in this "exciting and richly detailed historical swashbuckler" ( Publishers Weekly ). Twelve-year-old Christopher, aka Kitto, is seemingly doomed to follow in the footsteps of his father as a barrel-maker in seventeenth-century England, especially because of his clubfoot. Yet Kitto longs for more. And after his father is murdered and his stepmother and brother are kidnapped, he has no choice but to set off on a dangerous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442483687
• ISBN13: 9781442483682
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7