Seven Dead Pirates

By Linda Bailey

A shy boy must help ghostly pirates reclaim their ship and find his own courage.

4.0/5 Goodreads · 619 ratings

304 pages

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Eleven-year-old Lewis Dearborn, painfully shy and lonely, inherits a seaside mansion with a secret: seven ghostly pirates inhabit his new bedroom. Tasked with helping them reclaim their ship from a museum, Lewis faces a daunting challenge. As he navigates this unexpected adventure, he discovers friendship and courage, transforming his life. Can Lewis and his spectral crew overcome their fears and reach the legendary Libertalia? Dive into a tale of bravery, humor, and unexpected camaraderie.

From the publisher

A shy boy comes to life and finds his voice when the ghosts of seven dead pirates appear in his bedroom. A humorous, inspiring, critically acclaimed adventure! Lewis Dearborn is a lonely, anxious, “terminally shy” boy of eleven when his great-grandfather passes away and leaves Lewis’s family with his decaying seaside mansion. Lewis is initially delighted with his new bedroom, a secluded tower in a remote part of the house. Then he discovers that it’s already occupied – by the ghosts of seven dead pirates. Worse, the ghosts expect him to help them re-take their ship, now restored and on display in a local museum, so they can make their way to Libertalia, a legendary pirate utopia. The only problem is that this motley crew hasn’t left the house in almost two hundred years and is terrified of going outside. As Lewis warily sets out to assist his new roommates – a raucous, unruly bunch who exhibit a strange delight in thrift-store fashions and a thirst for storybooks – he begins to open himself to the possibilities of friendship, passion and joie de vivre and finds the courage to speak up.

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