Pirate's Passage by William  Gilkerson

Pirate's Passage is set in 1952 Nova Scotia when a mysterious visitor shows up at a small inn run by Jim's family. The longer the guest stays, the more closely Jim and his family are connected to pirate lore from the past. Will it be enough for Jim to save the inn? And who is Captain Charles Johnson?

Pirate's Passage provides a window on global exploration and discovery: Vikings, Spanish, Aztecs, and Great Britain. This book won the 2006 Governor General's award for Canadian Children's literature.





"Give this to Mistress MacGregor, and tell her that it is a fragment of the treasure of Grace O'Malley, who was the pirate queen of Ireland....If she wants to know any more about this trinket, she should be on hand Sunday, eight bells sharp.  That's 4:00 P.M. to her."



"I'll tell you this, Captain Johnson...I think you're a pack of trouble.  You've done some helpful things, and there's nothing I can put my finger on to back up my instinct about you, but friends we are not, and you won't buy me with a fiddle."





"Welcome to the Brotherhood."



"I found myself manning a pump aboard Golden Hind, as my ship lurched and plunged in a howling tempest."


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