Pirates Past Noon

by OSBORNE, MARY POPEMURDOCCA, SAL

• ISBN13: 9780679824251
• ISBN10: 0679824251
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1994-03-08
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Summary

Illus. in black-and-white. Jack and Annie are in deep trouble when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the days of desert islands, secret maps, hidden gold--and ruthless pirates! Will Jack and Annie discover a buried treasure? Will they find out the identity of the mysterious M? Or will theywalk the plank?

Author Biography

Mary Pope Osborne grew up in the military, and by the time she was fifteen had lived in Oklahoma, Austria, Florida and four different army posts in Virginia and North Carolina.  After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the early 1970's, Mary traveled all over Europe, and spent the first six weeks of her trip living in a cave on the island of Crete.  She then joined up with a group of European young people and traveled in rickety vans through sixteen Asian countries, including Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nepal.  She was a bartender, an acting teacher, a waitress, a travel agent, a window dresser, and a medical assistant -- all before becoming an author!  Now she is the author of many highly acclaimed picture books, early chapter books, middl

Table of Contents

Too Late!	1	(10)
The Bright Blue Sea	11	(5)
Three Men in a Boat	16	(5)
Vile Booty	21	(6)
The Kid's Treasure	27	(6)
The Whale's Eye	33	(8)
Gale's a-Blowin'	41	(4)
Dig, Dogs, Dig	45	(9)
The Mysterious M	54	(5)
Treasure Again	59