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Title details for The Duke's Curse (Sea of Gold Book 2) (A Middle Grade Adventure) by Gregory Mone - Available

The Duke's Curse (Sea of Gold Book 2) (A Middle Grade Adventure)

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by Gregory Mone
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In the tradition of Treasure Island, The Duke's Curse continues this thrilling middle-grade series following an unlikely young pirate on a high-stakes sea adventure, by New York Times bestselling author Gregory Mone
Young treasure hunter Fish—nicknamed for his swimming abilities—learns that his refusal to fight has a cost when he's torn away from his pirate family. Fish and his friends Nora and Daniel are forced to sail under Countess Marie de Bornholdt, the widely feared and very unusual captain of the Rat Queen, and her latest assistant—Fish's arch nemesis, Scab.
In search of the storied ship with emerald eyes, the Rat Queen's treasure hunters race from the islands of the Caribbean Sea to the canals of Venice and the sunken library of a cursed prince. Yet they're not the only pirates on the trail. After an unusual map leads them to a mysterious island, a climactic final battle blurs the line between friend and foe, forcing Fish and his friends to make a terrible choice.
A swashbuckling tale of mistaken identities, lost maps and treasures, and the bonds of friendship.
Includes black-and-white illustrations

  • Creators

  • Series

    Sea of Gold

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 24, 2024

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9781647004118

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      • ISBN: 9781647004118
      • File size: 2143 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      August 1, 2024
      Denied one legendary treasure found in the series opener, rival pirates converge on a second one. Separated and forced to flee from the golden trove found inSea of Gold (2023), young Fish and his companions, Nate, Daniel, and Nora, are swept along in a three-way race to locate a fabled cargo of gems lost years ago. They stop off in Venice for chases, escapes, and a search for clues to the treasure's location in a flooded library before heading onward to a small Greek island and a climactic tussle. Fitting nicely into the role of protagonist as he spends much of the tale struggling with conflicting loyalties and impulses, Fish also gets plenty of chances to play the hero: He shows off his exceptional skills as a diver and displays such an ability to avoid getting hurt while resolutely refusing to carry a weapon or fight back that he turns a whole pirate crew toward nonviolence. Still, the three treasure-hunting captains are each colorfully distinct in their own ways, and there's much (nonfatal) cannon fire, swordplay, betrayal, and getting thrown overboard to carry the plot along briskly. Fish is a white boy from Ireland; passing mentions, for example, of pale or brown skin are the only clues in this entry to the cast's racial makeup. More rousing fare for budding buccaneers and potential pacifists.(Adventure. 9-12)

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