The author of the Newbery Honor Book Tuck Everlasting delivers a new adventure about a young man who started out to be a pirate, but just didn't seem to have the knack for it and seeks a new career. Illustrations.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the Delaware Diamonds Award. It was recognised by the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award. It also was recognised by the Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award. It was recognised by the South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

This book is an anthology. This book was published 2008 by Scholastic US .

Natalie Babbitt is the author/illustrator of fifteen books for children, among them Tuck Everlasting, The Search for Delicious, and Kneeknock Rise, a Newbery Honor Book. Five of her books have been named ALA Notable Children's Books. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.