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New Kid on Deck: Pirate Academy by Justin Somper

From Justin Somper, award-winning author of the Vampirates series, comes a new fast-paced and exciting fantasy adventure series.

Jacoby Blunt and Jasmine Peacock are students at the elite Pirate Academy, where lessons range from Knots Class to

Combat Workshop and Navigation by Map or Moon. The teachers are all pirate legends. The pressure is always on.

When a new kid, the mysterious Neo Splice, arrives, everything changes FAST. Suddenly the dangers are no longer

simply out on the oceans but right here, amongst them. In the face of real peril, the students of Barracuda class must

put everything they have learned to the test against a ruthless and seemingly unstoppable new enemy…

Welcome to Pirate Academy – once you step through the door, you won’t ever want to leave!

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