But my mission is to give boys a compelling story they can fall into.

Not saying girls shouldn’t read or that girls and moms don’t enjoy pirate stories. If you know a boy who likes pirate stories, he might enjoy reading about what happened when I got captured by pirates and decided to remain among a Nation of Thieves.Social networking has changed the way boys read and learn. Weird, right?Īnyway, that's how I ended up in pirate land. No kidding Sears sold cars! Google it.) So there I was at the bottom of the creek and seconds later I was in the middle of the Caribbean Sea being chased by pirates. (Our microwave was made back when Sears still sold cars. I needed to tell you that because before Dead Calm, Bone Dry even begins, I have an episode and fall into the creek across from our apartment building - an apartment building that just happened to be on fire because I used our microwave. If you've never heard of absence seizures, that's okay. Which means I don't look much different from the rest of my classmates at Quiet Cove High. Mom tells me that when it happens I look like I'm daydreaming.

But when I have an 'episode' I sort of zone out. Most days I act and look pretty normal - or as normal as a boy can when he's in ninth grade. I suffer from what my doctor calls absence seizures. That's just something people say.) I bet you're thinking I have epileptic spasms. My name is Ricky Bradshaw and I have epilepsy. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. (It's about pirates :) Readers Are Leaders - Buy a Boy a Book! Will he reach his deceased father before it’s too late? Or will both father and son face eternal damnation due to Ricky's bitter heart? Written for the General Market (G) (I): Contains little or no sexual dialogue or strong language.

Now, with the lives of a crew of misfit orphans in peril and the heart of the governor's daughter on the line, Ricky faces a battle with pirates - both dead and alive - where the destiny of the living and those yet-to-be born hang in the balance. With the hangman's noose dangling over his head, Ricky bolts from the gallows and dives head-long into the sea. Before Ricky can learn more about this outlandish tale, he's sentenced to swing by the neck. A mysterious seaman, William Shakespeare, tells of fleeing the Flying Dutchman - a ghost ship sailed by the dead, demons and worse. Directors' Choice FinalistAs Ricky is about to be tried for piracy, an ill wind blows a wretched soul into the ship's brig.

Dead Calm, Bone Dry by Eddie Jones