Fish - Hardcover

The thrilling adventure of a resourceful boy who hates to fight, and discovers his hidden gift as a fortune-hunting pirate.Fish--nicknamed for his incredible swimming abilities--is a twelve-year-old boy from a poor farming family. After taking a job as a courier for his uncle, Fish is waylaid by pirates, who steal a precious purse of golden coins. He soon learns that the coins are the key to locating the Chain of Chuacar, a legendary treasure. As he works to earn the trust of Cobb, the fortune-hunting captain of the Scurvy Mistress, Fish struggles to survive among the band of wild, often violent pirates. Eventually Fish and his new friends uncover a planned mutiny headed by a nasty, greedy, and violent pirate known as Scab, and they're left to thwart Scab's dastardly plan on their own.

Gregory Mone has written articles for many magazines, including Popular Science and National Geographic, and has published an adult novel. FISH is his first middle-grade novel. Gregory lives in Boston, Massachusetts.