About The Pirate’s Curse: Brigands of the Compass Rose
The first in a 3-part series that has been optioned for television!
Abandoned as an infant, 15-year-old Bonnie Hartwright
doesn’t know who she really is. And that just might get her
killed.
After her latest scrape with the law, foster girl Bonnie is
abruptly carted off to a “reform sailing camp” on the
Carolina coast. There, she discovers the camp is actually
the training compound of the Brigands of the Compass
Rose, a centuries-old secret society, all of whose members
are descendants of a notorious woman pirate, Mary Read. Bonnie and her
fellow teen internees, denizens of the digital age, must now
master the old ways of sword and sail as they prepare to
battle a mysterious, unnamed enemy and a 300-year-old curse that threatens all of humanity. During weeks of
training, Bonnie finds herself drawn to both Wilder, a
charismatic thief, and Reed, the grandson of the group’s
leader, a boy who carries the weight of a family legacy on
his shoulders.
But a secret is being withheld from Bonnie, one that could
end up proving lethal. Before it’s too late, she must uncover
the truth about herself or face certain death in a watery
grave.
The Pirate’s Curse: Brigands of the Compass Rose puts a
modern-day twist on the swashbuckling page-turners of
the past, blending action, romance, and a dose of
magic into a thrilling young adult adventure like no other!
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Author Bio:
Toni Runkle & Steve Webb have always loved telling
stories. After becoming friends as graduate students at the
USC School of Cinema, the two worked separately in the
film and television industry for a number of years before
coming together to write for young readers. Their debut
novel, Glitter Girl, was called “an empowering message
about striving to be true to oneself” by Kirkus Reviews.