Seven Dead Pirates by Linda Bailey

Author:Linda Bailey [Bailey, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-77049-817-4
Publisher: Tundra
Published: 2015-09-07T16:00:00+00:00

Lewis’s legs felt wobbly as he climbed the stairs to Libertalia that night. The pirates must have heard his whole conversation with Abbie. They must have heard him tell her that Shornoway was haunted. Would they be angry?

They turned out to be much more interested in the dog.

“Best to keep dogs out of here, lad,” said Moyle, nodding sagely. “Dogs can feel things what humans miss.”

“Can’t keep no secret from a dog,” agreed Jonas.

“Nor from a rat!” added Jack, sniffing at Lewis’s clothing.

What upset them much more was the news about Shornoway.

“Nawww!” groaned Crawley, rearing back in disbelief. “We saw them reely-statey people with our own eyes today when they pranced theirselves through this tower. We didn’t like a hair of them, lad, not a hair! And now they’re going to tear down Shornoway? A lovely manse like this? Why, it’s practically new!”

Adam nodded. “I remembers like yesterday when they put in the windows. All these high ones here, and them others downstairs with the stained and leaded glass. Pretty as a cathedral! It were the grandest house on the whole coast.”

“Still is,” said Bellows loyally. “There ain’t no call to tear it down. Better we tears off the heads of those reely-statey people. That’s what I thinks!”

“Aye,” growled Jack. “Tear off their heads!”

“Aye! Aye!” cried the others.

Lewis couldn’t help being sympathetic, but he felt obliged to step in. “There will be no tearing off of heads. This is the twenty-first century. We don’t do that.”

“We don’t do that,” imitated Jack in a high, mincy voice.

Hoping to distract them, Lewis opened Treasure Island. Within minutes, they were transported to distant Southern Seas. The ship had reached the island now, with its thundering surf and its windless, sweltering heat. Reading Robert Louis Stevenson’s words, Lewis was as captivated as the pirates.

But the longer he read, the more he wished it were him on that island. Jim Hawkins had problems, true, but bad as they were, they didn’t seem nearly as complicated as his own. And now he had Abbie to worry about, too—a girl whose main talent was talking! Would she keep his secret?

And would he have to talk to her now at school?

He didn’t. The moment Lewis stepped through the doors of Tandy Bay Elementary, shyness enveloped him like an old familiar cloak. His habit of ducking people was so strong that even if Abbie had wanted to talk to him, she wouldn’t have had a chance.

Lewis watched her, though, especially when she was with friends. Was she telling? If so, surely they’d be staring at him—a boy who had ghosts in his house. But his classmates continued to ignore him.

For the next week, heavy rain kept Tandy Bay students inside. Lewis hid in the library during breaks. He discovered some new books about pirates in the non-fiction section. One even had a page about Libertalia.

The rain also saved him from Seth, who came into the library only when he had to. Still, Lewis couldn’t avoid him entirely. One morning, when Ms.

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