As they seek freedom and find adventure, the boys discover that not everything is easily attained and that in each life decision that they make there is a result that usually requires yet another decision.
"Avast, stop yer snivelin,
and make no mistake,
them that die'll be the lucky souls, arrgh!"
Willow Bailey, Millicent Flavell and Bracken Hatherly join the fray. With a host of other characters and plots weaved throughout, the stories within the story become inspiringly contagious.
La Isla de las Tres Coronas
Three aspiring young friends convince retired pirate captain, Rocco Slaughter, and his first mate, Scupper, to take them on account as crew members on his ship the Sea Witch, hoping to escape the evil schoolmaster Patrick McIllvan.