The Duke's Curse (Sea of Gold Book 2) (A Middle Grade Adventure)

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In the tradition of Treasure Island, The Dukes Curse continues this thrilling middle-grade series follows an unlikely young pirate on a high-stakes sea adventure, by New York Times bestselling author Gregory Mone

Young treasure hunter Fishnicknamed for his swimming abilitieslearns that his refusal to fight has a cost when hes torn away from his pirate family. Fish and his friends Nora and Daniel are forced to sail under Countess Marie de Bornholdt, the widely feared and very unusual captain of the Rat Queen, and her latest assistantFishs arch nemesis, Scab.

In search of the storied ship with emerald eyes, the Rat Queens treasure hunters race from the islands of the Caribbean Sea to the canals of Venice and the sunken library of a cursed prince. Yet theyre not the only pirates on the trail. After an unusual map leads them to a mysterious island, a climactic final battle blurs the line between friend and foe, forcing Fish and his friends to make a terrible choice.

A swashbuckling tale of mistaken identities, lost maps and treasures, and the bonds of friendship.

Includes black-and-white illustrations

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More rousing fare for budding buccaneers and potential pacifists. * Kirkus Review *

Author Bio

Gregory Mone is the author of several bestselling works of fiction and nonfiction for both adults and children, including Sea of Gold, the New York Times bestsellers Bill Nyes Great Big World of Science, the Jack and the Geniuses series (with Bill Nye), and Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry (with Neil DeGrasse Tyson), along with Atlantis: The Accidental Invasion and Atlantis: The Brink of War. He is a contributing editor at Popular Science and an award-winning science writer. A graduate of Harvard College, he lives with his family on Marthas Vineyard.