Barnacle Bill has sent the crew of the Black Beast back to Pirate School. Will they pass the test? Meet Captain Red Beard, Bones the sea dog, Fingers the parrot and the rest of the sea-loving pirate crew aboard their ship the Black Beast. The Pirate Cove series is expertly levelled to Book Bands ensuring that every independent reading session is successful in helping to turn children into confident and enthusiastic readers. There are also clear parent notes inside every book to support parents reading at home with their children.

 

This book is part of a book series called Star Adventures .

This book is aimed at children in primary school. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Pearson Education Limited .

LISA THOMPSON is the bestselling author of The Goldfish Boy and The Light Jar. The Goldfish Boy was a Waterstones children's Book of the Month and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal, the Branford Boase Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Before becoming a novelist, Lisa worked as a broadcast assistant for BBC Radio 2 and CPL Productions, where she says she made tea for lots of famous people.