Scalawag

“Scalawag” is a swashbuckling coming-of-age adventure set in a world of pirates and ghosts of the 17th century.

Henry Downs was only thirteen when he was kidnapped and sold into slavery to the notorious pirate, Captain Black. Henry becomes cabin boy on the pirate ship The Swan, with little hope of ever seeing his home again. Even so, he sets about learning everything he can about the ship and about sailing on the high seas, in the hope his knowledge will one day enable him to make his escape...