( 4 reviews )
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Posted: Jan 5 2007
I think that jack black and the ship of thieves is a real exciting book. This book leaves you hanging a bunch of times and makes you want to keep reading.The story is about a boy who lives at home and his dad is an air pilot. His dad wants him to take a trip in the Bellerophon with him. Jack ends up going with his dad.every thing goes fine until he falls off the boat disobeying his dads rules. He lands on the Hyperion and things do not go well. Nobody will beleave him that he fell from a ship. For the first time the Hyperion actually beached somewhere. When there he caught up with a friend Gadfly. Jack helped start his already crashed plane with a propeler from Beryl's plane on the ship. When gadfly left without him he was very upset and so was Beryl. Gadfly crashed into the water then had to go back on the Hyperion which had already set sail after he left because of a volcanoe. Jack gave captin Quixote a dare to go save his father that crashed and landed somewhere. Quixote accepted the challenge and went to save captin back. when they actually found them Gadfly tried to escape but did'nt. When they got home Jack was so releaved that his dad was not hurt and everything was ok.
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Posted: Jan 5 2007
I think that jack black and the ship of thieves is a real exciting book. This book leaves you hanging a bunch of times and makes you want to keep reading.The story is about a boy who lives at home and his dad is an air pilot. His dad wants him to take a trip in the Bellerophon with him. Jack ends up going with his dad.every thing goes fine untill he falls off the boat dissobeying his dads rules. He lands on the Hyperion and things do not go well. Nobody will beleave him that he fell from a ship. For the first time the Hyperion actually beached somewhere. when there he caught up with a friend Gadfly. Jack helped start his already crashed plane with a proppeler from Beryl's plane on the ship. When gadfly left without him he was very upset and so was Beryl.Gadfly crashed into the water then had to go back on the Hyperion which had already set sail after he left because of a volcanoe. Jack gave captin Quixote a dare to go save his father that crashed and landed somewhere. Quixote accepted the challenge and went to save captin back. when they actually found them Gadfly tried to escape but did'nt. When they got home Jack was so releaved that his dad was not hurt and everything was ok.
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Posted: Oct 6 2005
I teach 5th grade and have used this book as a choice for my Literature Circles for several years. It has been a big hit every year. I find it especially good for some of my reluctant readers who are boys. They love the title and cover and it draws them to choose this book. It has enough action and adventure to keep them hooked as they read. It is a greata choice for this age group.
