The privateer's apprentice

Resource Information

The work The privateer's apprentice represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Pike County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

The privateer's apprentice

Statement of responsibility

written by Susan Verrico

Title variation

Privateers apprentice

Creator

• Verrico, Susan
• trueVerrico, Susan

Subject

• Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction
• trueCharleston, South Carolina -- History -- Colonial period, 1600-1775
• trueColonial America (1600-1775) -- 1600 -- 1775
• trueHistorical fiction
• Orphans -- Fiction
• truePrivateering
• Privateering -- Fiction
• truePrivateers
• trueSea stories
• true18th century -- 1701 -- 1800
• Seafaring life -- Fiction
• trueTeenage boy orphans
• trueTeenage boys
• trueUnited States -- History -- Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713
• United States -- History -- Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713 -- Fiction
• trueSeafaring life
• Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction

Genre

• trueSea stories
• trueHistorical fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

From Charles Towne, Carolina Territory, in 1712, thirteen-year-old Jameson Cooper, orphaned and indigent, is abducted by privateers working for Queen Anne but proves himself worthy to be called a royal sailor through his writing and drawing skills, as well as his hard work and courage

Award

International Reading Association Children's Book Award for Intermediate Fiction, 2013.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Intended audience

860

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.V6114

LC item number

Pri 2012

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860

Literary form

fiction

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• 4
• 6

Target audience

pre adolescent