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    Captain Grey
    Captain Grey
    Captain Grey
    Audiobook3 hours

    Captain Grey

    Written by Avi

    Narrated by Ron Keith

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Eleven-year-old Kevin Cartwright can hardly believe his ears when his father, a brave soldier wounded in the Revolutionary War, announces that he is leaving Philadelphia and never coming back. He is heading into the untamed wilderness of New Jersey, where he hopes to find a peaceful place to raise Kevin and his little sister. But in 1783, New Jersey is filled with secret traps and hidden dangers. Before the family has traveled far, Kevin is captured by the mysterious Captain Grey and his murderous band of pirates. These lawless men of the sea say they have killed the boy's father and sister. Will Kevin be next? Or will he find a way to escape? Avi, who won the Newbery Honor Award for The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, has once again created a thrilling historical novel packed with adventure and danger. One of today's most popular and highly acclaimed authors of books for young readers, Avi has been honored with numerous awards, including the Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children's Books Authors.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJun 14, 2013
    ISBN9781470353995
    Captain Grey
    Author

    Avi

    Avi's many acclaimed books for young readers include the Newbery Medal-winning Crispin: The Cross of Lead and the Newbery Honor books Nothing But the Truth: A Documentary Novel and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle as well as The Fighting Ground, Poppy, and The Secret School. He lives in Colorado.           

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    • 4/5
      As the book opens, Kevin Cartwright is almost immediately kidnapped by Captain Grey and his band of pirates. Believing his father and sister murdered, Kevin is taken to the pirate's settlement and told he would learn to be one of them. Captain Grey, whose every command is followed immediately by is 60 or so men, rules a small coastal settlement in the woods of New Jersey, shortly after the American Revolution. He has a specific method of attacking, plundering, and then sinking, any passing merchant vessel, allowing all on board to die, so that no one survives to tell where and how they were attacked.A young boy, Kevin has no idea how he can escape from, or prevent further attacks from this band of pirates.The story is told much in the style of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Well done tale, the biggest drawback being that the conclusion feels quite rushed.
    • 4/5
      I picked this up to read between the biography "The Bashful Billionaire" and "The Patchwork Planet", both adult reads. I have been reading Avi's books for a while and am attempting to have a complete collection of his.

      Granted the book is for kids, but it offers excitement, mystery and adventure that even adults can get into.

      It is 1783 and pirates do exist. Kevin Cartwright has been kidnapped by one of the most murderous ones around, Captain Grey. Grey and his band killed his father and sister but kept Kevin. Why? What will they do with him?

      Captain Grey has established his "Free Nation" in a cove on the New Jersey shore. There is a 'sand island' that sits across the opening to the cove and provides cover so the the pirates can watch the traffic of the ships that go up and down the coast without being seen. A perfect set up to allow them to pick and choose their victims for plundering.

      Captain Grey trains Kevin in the way of the pirates and lets Kevin know that he is now 'one of them'. Kevin still can't figure out why, and keeps hope that some how he will be able to escape from these men.

      When a pigeon shows up in the attic room he is given, he starts a friendship with it. The friendship will lead to much more....more than he imagined.

      Being a kids' book it is a short read, but there is a lot packed into the pages. A Goodread to me!