While messing about, best friends, Maria and Lola, stumble across a strange forest, and even stranger, when the two come across two strange men, they feel as if they should leave... but can they?
Back at the clearing in the middle they find a locked door and two possible escape routes, hearing the men closing in they run as fast as they can down one of the trails, looking back only to check if the men are catching up. The trail leads them to a small courtyard, with many doors and a large rock standing in the middle, in a race against time the friends try all the door, but they seem to ALL be locked, just their luck, until Maria works out the key to cracking the code, then touches the handle of a door that they strangely seemed to have missed, it glows and a sign on the door lights up, even though the door is locked, still they find it amazing, but also strange, staggering backwards, Lola bashes into another door that seemed to have just appeared, touching the handle that door too lights up. wondering what is going on, Maria tries to run only finding herself hitting yet another door, out of curiosity she touches the handle, the same happens... all of a sudden a strange noise comes from the ground, revealing a strange pattern, along with some strange objects, quickly Maria grabs a piece of paper from her backpack and starts to scribble down the pattern, while Lola keeps watch, on a note that the men are nearing, the two girls race off, grabbing the artifacts, only to find themselves in more trouble, much BIGGER trouble!
How will the girls survive? Who are those strange men? Why do they chase the girls? What do they want? And who seems to be watching the two friends?
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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