When I came back after failing to find you, all my books, the whole display, was gone!"
"What? ALL gone!?" Sage cried. "Where could they have gone?"
"It's my suspicion," I said, lowering my voice and leaning in closer to Sage, "that someone stole them." I nodded with satisfaction and accidentally sloshed tea onto my skirt.
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Julia and Sage are best friends. So when Julia's recently published books are stolen, it's Sage's problem, too, and, just for the fun of it, they pull in Julia's publisher, Lili. As they plunge headlong into an adventure they were not expecting in the least, they run into more then they ever imagined.
Saving the life of the infamous rookie pirate, Captain Ruben Kirk, catapults Jessica Red into a sea of magic, jewel heists, and world-saving adventure.
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After years of watching pirates fighting with the king's navy off the coast of Harvest Island, Jessica Red saves the life of the infamous rookie pirate, Captain Ruben Kirk, and the two become fast friends. Little does she know, Ruben Kirk is only the first of three rookie pirates she'll meet during a whirlwind of sea-faring adventures - but when Jessica learns the corrupt King Mordred has plans to destroy her island home, can she convince them to help her save it?
("The Rookie Pirates" is Book 1 in "The Adventures of Jessica Red" trilogy.)
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