If the sea spit you out, thrusting you back into the age of pirates, buried treasure and beauty beyond belief. . . would you stay? Ricky is about to learn that some dead men do tell tales—and of a terrifying sort.

★ Moonbeam Book Award Winner — Selah Award Winner ★

RICKY BRADSHAW has never sailed the Spanish Main, searched for buried treasure, or battled pirates on the deck of a Spanish Galleon. He’s never fallen through the floor of Davy Jones’ locker, skippered a pirate vessel, or saved the life of a governor’s daughter.

But all that changes on a snowy Christmas Eve when Ricky falls into the chilly waters of a creek across from his apartment while trying to rescue BARNACLE, a mangy mutt with shrimp breath.

Now Ricky finds himself on a raft in the middle of the Caribbean Sea where there is surprising beauty on every island, danger around every corner, and great honor and glory for all who can survive the curse of the Black Avenger.

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If you were forced to sail with pirates . . .
captured and tried for piracy . . .
and sentenced to swing . . . would you trade your body to the crew of the “Flying Dutchman” in order to save your soul? Ricky did. Some dead men DO tell tales. And there is stolen treasure in this pirate story.

★Directors’ Choice Award Winner Finalist ★

Last winter Ricky Bradshaw was another gangly freshman hoping to fit in — or at least not get picked on — and maybe catch the attention of Becky Nance, a girl in his biology class. Except sometimes Ricky “zones out” in class because he has absence seizures. If you’ve never heard of absence seizures, that’s okay. A lot of people haven’t. Ricky’s teachers are a lot of those people.

And that’s what happened to Ricky last Christmas Eve: he had an episode and ended up in pirate land. When Dead Calm, Bone Dry begins, Ricky is on his way to being tried for piracy. In the ship’s brig, he is about to learn that some things are worse than being unpopular in high school. MUCH worse. Like sailing to . . . Well, we best let Ricky tell the account. It is his story, after all.

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★ Selah Award Winner for YA Literature ★ – In this YA pirate tale, award-winning author Eddie Jones blends action, adventure, and humor into a fictional retelling of the exploits of pirates Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read.

While searching for rumored treasure in a cave on Coffin Cay, a small island off the southwestern tip of Haiti (Hispaniola), Ricky suffers an absence seizure. During his last trance-like episode, Ricky uncovered a treasure from the Nuestra Señora de Riqueza, a vessel in an armada of ships sailing the Spanish Main. Now back on Coffin Cay with his parents, Ricky hunts for the treasure he found in the cave over three hundred years earlier during his trip back to pirate land.

The End of Calico Jack is a fictional retelling of the pirate escapades of Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read. The story is based on historical research of the life of “Calico Jack” John Rackham. In the telling of the story some liberties were taken, but many of the events reflect what historians believed happened to Jack, Mary, and Anne. Also, in real life those who suffer absence seizures may appear to be in a trance but cannot recall what happens during their episode. The book includes a PIRATE MAP of Calico Jack’s sailing routes and the ports he visited.

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★ Selah Award Winner ★ (Fiction based on real events!)

In the year 1717, Ricky embarks on an unexpected journey aboard a ship captained by Stede Bonnet, a wealthy sugar plantation owner who abandons his comfortable life to set sail as a pirate. As they chart a course toward the North American coast, Bonnet’s crew is put to the test when they encounter a heavily armed British warship. Soon, stealing, killing, and plundering their way becomes their grim routine on the path to the Carolinas.

Only when Bonnet’s men come under the tutelage of Blackbeard do they truly learn what it means to be a pirate. Under his leadership, they endure the harsh realities of life at sea, pillaging ships, and facing the consequences of serving the most black-hearted pirate ever to sail.

While navigating the treacherous waters of the Caribbean and North Atlantic coast, the men face adversaries, mutinies, and ultimately end up marooned near “Top Sail” inlet, just off the coast of Beaufort, North Carolina.

Blackbeard the Pirate and Stede Bonnet’s Fateful Clash blends adventure and historical accuracy with a dash of humor, giving readers a lively pirate yarn that will last for the ages.

This concludes the next chapter in a thrilling seafaring saga – stay tuned for more high seas, high jinks fun.

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Once again, our reluctant hero, Ricky Bradshaw, faces a life-threatening event. His mom is sick. Like, really sick. Desperate to try anything to get a miracle and having watched the movie Jesus Revolution with his mom, Ricky agrees to be baptized in a creek by the Pirate Preacher. Perhaps then, God will spare her life.

But things go from bad to worse to apocalyptic when Ricky doesn’t come up for air. In the next moment, he’s on a ship with Jonah the prophet, in the middle of a raging storm.

Sensing that the King Neptune needs a sacrifice, the crew of barbaric men—none of whom are fond of bathing—casts lots to see who’s gonna be the unlucky chump that gets thrown into the sea.

Ricky’s all like, “Don’t pick me, don’t pick me!” but before he can escape and hide, Jonah steps up like the whale of a guy he is.

Except, surprise surprise, fate has other plans. Out of nowhere, a giant octopus grabs Ricky off the ship and drags him down, down, down into the abyss. For a few harrowing moments, Ricky and Jonah share a really tiny space in the gut of the Kraken. Then the Kraken gets sick of Ricky and…

When Ricky finally washes ashore, he realizes he’s in the underworld, where the crew of the Flying Dutchman sails around collecting the souls of the dead. And wouldn’t you know it, they want Ricky’s soul most of all.

Talk about a bad day. But even a bad day in the underworld can be a fun, adventurous sail, with love and sacrifice, zombie pirates, scores to settle, and hope for a miracle when… you get to meet the One who made the wind and sea.

Down to Davy Jones is a fictional retelling of past pirate escapades based on future events. Not sure what lies on the other side of the grave? Check out Ricky’s voyage into the realm of hot water.

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Booty and treasures for all! Because every lubber and sailor be a lying, stealing scallywag in need of a safe port.

Many already knows pirates be cool, but do they know about the buried treasure many a pirate never found?

The Pirate Gospel: Set Sail With Jesus, Mate takes the full, unvarnished hidden treasures Jesus shared with His crew and delivers them in a way even the newest deck swab and powder monkey can understand.

The Pirate Gospel presents the richness of the abundant life every pirate seeks — a precious hidden pearl of wealth that awaits all who follow the one map that leads to the port of paradise.

Dead men tell no tales, but one dead man still speaks through His Holy Ghost.

Shiver me timbers, that be an adventure worth exploring! Will ye set sail, mate?

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