description: Despite a warning from his father, 17-year-old John Spencer isn't really worried about pirates as he sets out on his first voyage to foreign lands. After all, it's 1803, and there haven't been real buccaneers in the West Indies for almost a hundred years. Still, John and his crew are wary when they come across a stranger named Horn rowing a lifeboat in the middle of nowhere. No one can question Horn's awe-inspiring seamanship, but the man seems to be hiding something. Only when he meets a renegade naval captain does John learn Horn's dark secret..
language: English
title: The Buccaneers
titlecomplete: The Buccaneers
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Pirates, Novels, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 295
series: High Seas Adventures
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award
publisher: Recorded Books LLC