Jim Morgan and the King of the Thieves
By: James Matlack Raney
Publisher: James Matlack Raney
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [United States?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780985835903
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Pirates; Juvenile fiction; Treasure troves
Description: "Young Jim Morgan loves everything about his life: ignoring his old tutor's lessons, flaunting his new clothes, terrorizing his servants, and perfecting the fine art of snobbery. But the night his father returns from a mysterious sea voyage with the secret to a vast pirate treasure, Jim's world is thrown upside down. Now Jim must escape the clutches of his father's wicked enemies, decipher the magic of a gypsy witch, hide from a shadowy pirate and his talking raven, and outwit the King of Thieves and his army of pickpockets. If he is to survive, Jim must learn to trust new allies and discover the power and magic of true friendship. And through it all he may, just possibly, uncover a hero hidden within him, and live an adventure beyond his wildest dream ..."--Page 4 of cover.