Pirate Academy: Sword Echoes

From Justin Somper, award-winning author of the Vampirates series, comes the third book in this new swashbuckling fantasy adventure series.

"All the rip-roaring adventure you would expect from a Justin Somper book. Pirates done right! I love this world." —Eoin Colfer, bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series

At the elite Pirate Academy, everyone is on high alert as the villainous League of True Pirates continues to recruit more and more to their cause, including one of the Barracuda class's favorite teachers.

The kids all handle this shocking reveal in different ways. Jacoby tries to make sense of the betrayal only to discover evidence that one of his own classmates may be LOT P’s next target. Jasmine launches a maverick sailing mission to reunite with her father, but soon finds herself voyaging in highly dangerous waters. And Neo follows a treasure-trail left by his mother, far away from the Academy. At the end of his journey lies an amazing gift: a sword with untold powers that, in the right hands, might just change everything...

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