The Curse of Captain LaFoote [NOOK Book]

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Overview

A Young Adult / Tween favorite

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 ...
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Overview

A Young Adult / Tween favorite

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 anyone who enjoys adventure, humor and romance featuring colorful characters.

Editorial Reviews

Doris Fisher
"The Curse of Captain LaFoote by Eddie Jones is a rollicking adventure tale. When ninth grader Ricky Bradshaw tries to rescues a pizza loving dog, his world is turned upside down after his own watery rescue. Readers will want to read every page to find out what happens next in this novel filled with humor, mystery and the sea." - Doris Fisher, children's author of One Odd Day, My Even Day, and My Half Day.

Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940012298515
  • Publisher: PORT YONDER PRESS
  • Publication date: 3/30/2011
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 289,442
  • Age range: 9 - 12 Years
  • Series: The Caribbean Chronicles, #1
  • File size: 5 MB
  • Items ship to U.S, APO/FPO and U.S. Protectorate addresses.

Meet the Author

Eddie has authored two non-fiction books, ghost written a third, and written hundreds of columns and articles that have appeared in over 20 different publications. He's served as cruising editor for Carolina Living, was regional editor for Embassy Marine's Mid-Atlantic Cruising Guide and has written articles for the Waterway Guide, Latitudes & Attitudes, Carolina Style, Lookout and Maritimes Magazine.

He also co-writes the He Said, She Said devotions available at Christian Devotions Ministry. www.christiandevotions.us & www.hesaidshesaiddevotions.com

Eddie is a member of Boating Writers International, Christian Boaters Association and American Christian Fiction Writers. He has an English degree from NC State, with an emphasis in journalism.

Eddie is a contributing writer for:

The Ocracoke Observer
Carolina Currents
Living Aboard Magazine
Common Ground Christian News
Christian Devotions

And has written for:

The Waterway Guide
The Lake Norman Times
Beaufort Breezes
Inner Banks Newsletter
Cruisers' Net
The Town Dock
Carolina Living
Latitudes & Attitudes Magazine
Carolina Style
Carolina Cruising
Coastal Cruising Magazine
The Boating News
Cruising Coast and Island
Embassy Marine's Mid Atlantic Cruising Guide
Tidal Times Magazine

www.eddiejones.org - About me
www.writerscoach.us - Teaching
www.hardaground.com - Books
www.christiandevotions.us - Ministry
www.blogtalkradio.com/He-Said---She-Said - Radio
www.eddiejones.typepad.com - Blog
www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1079426518 - Facebook
www.hesaidshesaiddevotions.com - Devotions

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  • Posted June 8, 2011

    Well-Written!

    The Curse of Captain LaFoote is an extremely well-written book. I could immediately connect with the characters and understand their story.

    Eddie Jones has crafted a marvelous book that has the potential to be a bestseller!

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  • Posted May 24, 2011

    Fantastic Swashbuckling Tale!

    My boys and I really enjoyed this book. The story just grabbed us and we were transported to another place and time as we read this swashbuckling tale of adventure and suspense. We couldn't put it down! Many thanks to KCWC for the opportunity to review this book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 8, 2011

    Sleeping In On A Saturday

    I slept in today until almost 10 am. I'm not exactly an early riser, but that's a little late for even me. The house was quiet, and I assumed the kids had followed suit and slept in as well. Imagine my surprise when I found them both sitting on my son's bed.reading.

    My son was an early reader. He started at the age of four. By the end of first grade he was reading at a fifth grade level. Now in fifth grade, he reads at about an eighth grade level. But he's never wanted anything to do with fiction. I've tried everything. Magic Treehouse, The Dragonslayers Academy. I tried reading Harry Potter out loud to him. "Boring, Mom. Can't we just watch the movies?" My heart broke.how can someone with half my DNA not love J.K. Rowling's writing? A few books have caught his attention, so long as I read them a chapter at a time at bedtime. But in general, he'd rather hunker down with a big reference book about animals than dive into a story.

    Until now.

    What finally did it for him? Well, a friend of mine sent my son The Curse of Captain LaFoote, by Eddie Jones. He's on chapter five, and so excited to find a book that is holding his interest.

    Not a typical Friday morning before..but maybe from now on? I sure hope so! - Kat Heckenbach

    Kat is working on her yet-to-be published Middle Grade Fantasy novel Finding Angel.

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