Awards 2012 winner of the Moonbeam Children's Book Award in the Pre-Teen Fiction/Fantasy category 2011 winner of the Selah award in Young Adult fiction Book Summary If you drowned and the sea spit you out, thrusting you back into an age of pirates, buried treasure and beauty beyond belief... would you stay? RICKY BRADSHAW has never sailed the Caribbean Sea, searched for buried treasure or battled pirates on the deck of a Spanish Galleon. He's never fallen through the floor of Davy Jones' locker, befriended a witch doctor or watched an old fisherman morph into a porpoise. All Ricky knows is his lonely life with his widowed mom in a tiny apartment overlooking a marina on the Chesapeake Bay. But all that changes on a snowy Christmas Eve when Ricky's apartment building burns down and he falls into the chilly waters while trying to save BARNACLE, a mangy mutt with shrimp breath. Suddenly Ricky finds himself confronted by his neighbor, a young woman in a pink bathrobe who jumped to her death in order to escape the flames. She offers him a choice: go with her to a wonderful afterlife where snowflakes taste like candy or return to the dreary old world he knows. Ricky picks the past and awakes on a raft in the middle of the sea where there is surprising beauty on every island, danger around every corner and great honor and glory ahead of him... if only Ricky can summon the courage to survive the curse of Captain LaFoote. The perfect book for any teen or tween who enjoys adventure, humor and swashbuckling (plus heartbreaking) romance.From the AuthorSocial networking has changed the way young people communicate. Can we keep books in "their" loop? According to KidSay Market Researchers, Facebook is now the favorite website among tween (8-11) boys and teen (12-15) girls. Over 90% of tween boys and girls play games online. Could a pirate tale be the perfect antidote to the adolescent blank-stare fascination with video games? "My main goal in writing this book was to spur the imagination of young readers," says author Eddie Jones. "Boys especially. This is one reason why I teach writing at homeschool conferences and how to write for boys at adult writers conferences." According to KidSay Market Researchers, teen and tween online video and virtual gaming increased from 65% in 2007 to 91% in 2010. "I want to give teens and tweens  -- boys, especially --  a compelling story they can fall into. I want to create within them a desire to read, create and pursue their dreams. Reading is key to learning. Learning increases a young boy's chances of gaining admission to college, earning a degree, landing a job and pursuing the American Dream. I am pleased to be a part of the Buy A Boy A Book campaign. About the AuthorEddie Jones is a North Carolina-based writer, author and Acquisition Editor of Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolina. His Middle Grade / Tween /Teen pirate novel, Curse of the Black Avenger, won the 2011 Selah Award in Young Adult fiction and Moonbeam Award for Young Adult Fiction.

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