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    Uncle Pirate to the Rescue
    Uncle Pirate to the Rescue
    Uncle Pirate to the Rescue
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    Uncle Pirate to the Rescue

    By Douglas Rees and Tony Auth

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    A badly spelled message in a bottle addressed to Uncle Pirate appears at Wilson’s front door, and Mom starts baking bad news pie—this can’t be good. Uncle Pirate’s formerly mutinous crew is marooned on an island! Though Uncle Pirate is loyal to his new crew at Very Elementary, he cannot desert his old shipmates and sets off to find them. But when he doesn’t return, it’s Uncle Pirate who needs rescuing! Wilson, Captain Jack the penguin, Ms. Quern the school secretary, and sneaky Principal Purvis set off in a blimp to save the day in this rollicking read that’s ideal for adventurous young readers.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMargaret K. McElderry Books
    Release dateApr 6, 2010
    ISBN9781416999164
    Uncle Pirate to the Rescue
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    Douglas Rees

    Douglas Rees has written a wide range of titles for young readers, including humor, historical fiction, and picture books. He holds several awards, including the Nutmeg State Award for young adult fiction. When he isn't writing for kids, he works with them as a young adult librarian. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife, Jo, who is the model for the outgoing, lycanthropic librarian in the Vampire High novels.

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      Uncle Pirate to the Rescue - Douglas Rees

      Uncle Pirate

      to the RESCUE

      by Douglas Rees • illustrations by Tony Auth

      Also by Douglas Rees

      UNCLE PIRATE

      If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as unsold and destroyed to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this stripped book.

      MARGARET K. MCELDERRY BOOKS

      An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020

      www.SimonandSchuster.com

      This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Text copyright © 2010 by Douglas Rees

      Illustrations copyright © 2010 by Tony Auth

      All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.

      MARGARET K. MCELDERRY BOOKS is a trademark of Simon and Schuster, Inc.

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      Book design by Lauren Rille The text for this book is set in Edlund.

      The illustrations for this book are rendered in pencil with pen and ink on paper.

      Manufactured in the United States of America

      0310 OFF

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Rees, Douglas.

      Uncle Pirate to the rescue / Douglas Rees; illustrated by Tony Auth.—1st ed. p. cm.

      Summary: When Captain Desperate Evil Wicked Bob receives a plea from his former crew, he heads out to rescue them and is soon followed by his nephew Wilson, Commodore Purvis,

      Captain Jack, and others who fear that he needs to be rescued as well.

      ISBN 978-1-4169-7505-2 (pbk.: alk. paper)

      ISBN 978-1-4169-9916-4 (eBook)

      [1. Pirates—Fiction. 2. Rescues—Fiction. 3. Uncles—Fiction. 4. Penguins—Fiction. 5. Schools—Fiction. 6. Humorous stories.] I. Auth, Tony, ill. II. Title.

      PZ7.R25475Unh 2010

      [Fic]—dc22

      2009009130

      For Phil, Des, and Dillon. Shipmates.

      —D. R.

      For Katie and Emily, as they begin their voyages

      —T. A.

      BAD NEWS BOTTLE

      I found the message in the mailbox when I got home from school. It was in an old thunder-slump bottle that was covered with sand and barnacles and had a cork. Inside was a letter. If you looked hard through the blue glass, you could see that it said:

      TO CAPTIN DESPRIT EVEL WIKED BOB

      PLESE DILEVER

      WE PAYZ IN GOLD

      On the outside of the bottle was a note from the mailman. It said, I guess this is yours. If it is, you owe me $14.35. Gold will be fine, but ordinary money is too. Your Postal Carrier.

      Uncle Pirate never got mail. I could hardly wait for him and Captain Jack to get home from school so he could open it.

      I took it in to show to my mother.

      Look at this, I said. A note in a bottle for Uncle Pirate. That’s exciting.

      Exciting? Maybe, Mom said, and looked worried. But I’ve got a bad feeling about it. I think I’d better start making a pumpkin pie.

      Uh-oh, I said.

      My mom makes the best pumpkin pie in the world. But Dad and I call it Bad News Pie, because she only makes it when she has bad news. Now she was making it before she even knew what the news was. That scared me.

      It was hard to wait for my uncle and his penguin to get home.

      Uncle Pirate had to work extra hours every day because he ran the school. Ms. Quern helped him with all the paperwork. She was the school secretary. She was also Uncle Pirate’s sweetheart. He called her Ferocious Lovely Eunice.

      Captain Jack the penguin always stayed late to study with his friend Long Carla. The more she taught him, the more she knew. They were both getting pretty smart.

      We had a principal, Mr. Purvis. But everyone

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