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The sands of Shark Island

Ben and Fee MacTavish and their schoolmates on board the School Ship Tobermory are headed thousands of miles from their base in Mull to a small island in the Caribbean. They will learn extraordinary details about Captain Macbeth's past and come face to face with modern-day pirates. The students...

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Main Author: McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- (Author)
Other Authors: McIntosh, Iain (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, [2016]
Edition: First edition.
Series: A School Ship Tobermory adventure!
Subjects:
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Ships > Juvenile fiction.
Seafaring life > Juvenile fiction.
Pirates > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: Ben and Fee MacTavish and their schoolmates on board the School Ship Tobermory are headed thousands of miles from their base in Mull to a small island in the Caribbean. They will learn extraordinary details about Captain Macbeth's past and come face to face with modern-day pirates. The students and crew aboard the Tobermory will have to band together and use their wits to escape harm and overcome the evil pirates.
Item Description: "Originally published in hardcover by BC Books, an imprint of Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2016"--Title page verso.
Physical Description: 243 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 9780399554018
0399554017
Author Notes: Alexander McCall Smith was born on August 24, 1948 in Zimbabwe. He was a professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh, but he left in 2005 to focus on his writing. He has written over 60 books, including specialist academic titles including Forensic Aspects of Sleep and The Criminal Law of Botswana, short story collections including Portuguese Irregular Verbs, and children's books including The Perfect Hamburger. He is best known for the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He also writes the Corduroy Mansions, Isabel Dalhousie and 44 Scotland Street series.

He has received numerous awards, including The Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library Award and the 2004 United Kingdom's Author of the Year Award. His book, The Full Cupboard of Life, received the Saga Award for Wit in the United Kingdom. In 2007, he received a CBE for his services in literature.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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