Pirate Summer

By HL Carpenter

Fifteen year old Josey is a liar. She’d like to stop. But after Mom left, the lies started popping out, like the time Josey left her little brother at the library and told Dad he’d run away.

Then Josey meets a boy who tells bigger whoppers than she does. He says he’s the son of a privateer who’s been dead two centuries. He’s so convincing Josey’s brother believes every word and sets off to find the privateer’s hidden treasure.

When her brother disappears, Josey is sure she knows where he's gone. But everyone thinks she's lying again. Everyone, that is, except the so-called privateer’s son. He knows she’s telling the truth because jeweled riches are only part of his tale. There’s also the snooperscope, a device that makes time leaps possible, like the one that brought him to the present.

The story is fantastical...and yet Josey will do anything to save her brother—including traveling back in time two hundred years with a boy she can’t trust.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HL Carpenter
• Release date: Jun 15, 2017
• ISBN: 9780988409569

HL Carpenter

Dear Reader,Hi, there! We’re HL Carpenter, a mother/daughter duo. We write family-friendly fiction from our studios in Carpenter Country, a magical place that, like our stories, is unreal but not untrue. When we’re not writing, we enjoy exploring the Land of What-If and practicing the fine art of Curiosity. We invite you to visit us at HLCarpenter.com for free reads, links to guest blog posts, and other news from Carpenter Country. We also invite you to sign up for our newsletter, which goes out every Saturday thanks to the hard-working team at MailChimp. The newsletter is free, we’ll never spam you, and you can unsubscribe easily at any time (not that you’ll want to).If you want to talk to us, send an email to editor @ TopDrawerInkCorp.com or hl_carpenter @ HLCarpenter.com, or you can connect on Google+ or LinkedIn.Thanks for reading, and welcome to Carpenter Country! Now that we've met, we hope you’ll be a regular visitor.H & L Carpenter

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