Hurricane dancers : the first Caribbean pirate shipwreck

Hurricane dancers : the first Caribbean pirate shipwreck / Margarita Engle.

Author/creator	Engle, Margarita
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Henry Holt & Co., 2011.
Description	ix, 145 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)	Shipwrecks--Caribbean Area --Juvenile poetry. Pirates--Caribbean Area --History --16th century --Juvenile poetry. Indians of the West Indies--Juvenile poetry. Children's poetry, American. Caribbean Area--Juvenile poetry.

Portion of title	First Caribbean pirate shipwreck
Variant title	1st Caribbean pirate shipwreck
Contents	Pt. 1. Wild sea -- pt. 2. Brave earth -- pt. 3. Hidden -- pt. 4. The sphere court -- pt. 5. The sky horse -- pt. 6. Far light.
Abstract	Quebrado has been a slave on captain Bernadino de Talavera's pirate ship for years, but when a hurricane sinks the ship and kills most of the crew, Quebrado escapes to safety and finds acceptance and refuge in a nearby village.
Local note	Little-305131061712ZU
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-143).
Interest age level	Ages 12-up.
Interest grade level	Grades 6-10
Audience	1170 Lexile
LCCN	2010011690
ISBN	9780805092400 (hbk.)
ISBN	0805092404 (hbk.)