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The Giant Rat of Sumatra: or Pirates Galore
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A swashbuckling tale of thievery and revenge

The Giant Rat of Sumatra is the most notorious pirate ship in the Pacific. Its ferocious figurehead, a rat with crooked teeth and gouged-out eyes, strikes fear in the heart of every seafaring crew. Now the ship has dropped anchor in San Diego. Twelve-year-old cabin boy Shipwreck -- so named after he was rescued from the sea by the... More
Book Information
PublisherGreenwillow Books
BindingPaperback (9 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages208
ISBN-100060742402
ISBN-13978-0060742409
Publication Date08/01/2006
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About Sid Fleischman (Author) : The Newbery Award-winning author of The Whipping Boy, Sid Fleischman is surprised that he grew up to be a writer. "I had a childhood much like everyone else's," he writes in his newly published autobi... more
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About John Hendrix (Illustrator) : John Hendrix is a published illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of John Hendrix include Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale (Introducing His Forgotten Frontier Fr... more
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