"The strange boy barged into my room without asking and my arm pushes him over, me not knowing it is. He smiles and says, his warm breath close to my neck, 'Beth, calm down. My name is Dante. I'm here to be your best friend.'"
In this dystopian fiction series, a teenage girl lives in a world full of chaos, tragedy, and especially, death. When she becomes a Mugress, controllers of the world, she betrays her teammates and goes to join the rebels. She is given friends like Dante, Travis, Endy, Kat, and Artemis, who are all skilled "murderers" working together to kill the Mugresses and especially the head of danger, whoever they think it is.
This story is a mix-up of Hunger Games styles, All Fall Down styles, and my own dystopian ideas.
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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