num_pages: 304
description: Captain Hook's feisty daughter hits the high seas to avenge her father's death at the jaws of the Neverland crocodile in Heidi Schulz's spirited middle-grade debut.Twelve-year-old Jocelyn dreams of becoming every bit as daring as her infamous father Captain James Hook. Her grandfather on the other hand intends to see her starched and pressed into a fine society lady. When she's sent to Miss Eliza Crumb-Biddlecomb's Finishing School for Young Ladies Jocelyn's hopes of following in her father's fearsome footsteps are lost in a heap of dance lessons white gloves and way too much pink.So when Jocelyn receives a letter from her father challenging her to avenge his untimely demise at the jaws of the Neverland crocodile she doesn't hesitate-here at last is the adventure she has been waiting for. But Jocelyn finds that being a pirate is a bit more difficult than she'd bargained for. As if attempting to defeat the Neverland's most fearsome beast isn't enough to deal with she's tasked with captaining a crew of woefully untrained pirates outwitting cannibals wild for English cuisine and rescuing her best friend from a certain pack of lost children not to mention that pesky Peter Pan who keeps barging in uninvited.The crocodile's clock is always ticking in Heidi Schulz's debut novel a story told by an irascible narrator who is both dazzlingly witty and sharp as a sword. Will Jocelyn find the courage to beat the incessant monster before time runs out?
language: English
title: Hook's Revenge
publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers