A New Home for a Pirate

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The perfect piratical adventure starring a seasick pirate boy! 'Shiver me timbers!' Pirate Jed is not happy . . . Imagine a pirate who feels seasick all the time. That's Pirate Jed! Fed up with bobbing around on the rollicking, rolling sea, he decides to pack up his pirate paraphernalia and heads off in search of a home on land. His adventures take him on a journey where he meets a whole cast of animal characters, desperate for his help, and they all join in his search for a new home. Finally they meet Farmer Ted who is fed up with life on dry land - so he and Jed decide to swap! So, with a cheeriyo-ho-ho, Pirate Jed and his new friends have a perfect new home! A gentle adventure about friendship, fun and finding your place.

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Ronda Armitage trained as a primary school teacher but has been writing children's books for nearly thirty years. She is best known for the Lighthouse Keeper series, illustrated by her husband David Armitage. Originally from New Zealand, Ronda now lives in East Sussex. Holly Swain is best known for Wanted! Have You Seen this Alligator, which won the Stockport Book Award. This is her second book for Puffin, following There's No Such Thing as a Ghostie, written by Cressida Cowell. Holly lives in Brighton, Sussex.