Pirates Passage

Set in 1952 Grey Rocks a centuries old town that was famous 250 years ago as a favored port of pirates Pirates Passage follows the story of 12yearold Jim Fraught by the death of his father and forced to endure schoolyard bullying each day Jim manages to carry on buoyed by his optimistic imagination and fueled by his sense of adventure The sudden arrival of Captain Johnson whose small sailboat has been thrown off course by a storm changes Jims life The Captain quickly becomes a mentor and friend to Jim giving him extraordinary lessons in selfreliance and determination Soon Jim develops a liberating selfassurance that so deeply touches the Captain that he allows Jim to see evidence that the Captain may be more than meets the eye Is Captain Johnson the same Charles Johnson who was a pirate there two hundred years ago The lad goes with him on a literal journey into the past to find out and emerges able to navigate the course of his life