Ghosts, pirates and family secrets -- Stephen gets more than he
bargained for when he seeks out adventure in the ghostly realm, for fans
of When You Trap a Tiger.
Stephen loves pirates. What he doesn't love is his name: Stephen
Oh-O'Driscoll. He believes when his Korean mother and Irish father gave
him this name, that it was just one cruel setup for being teased. Giving
things the proper name is important, which is why Stephen thinks that
it's time to update the definition of "pirate." They've got a bad rep,
and maybe they deserve some of it, but Stephen still likes a few pirate
traditions, like bandannas and eyepatches -- he's just not that into
stealing things from people. He has the perfect new word: piventurate.
A sailor who passionately seeks adventure. That's what he wants to be.
When he gets suspended from school for doing proper
piventurate-in-training things (using sticks to practice sword
fighting), his mother doesn't let him sit around doing nothing, instead
she takes him to a museum. At the museum everything changes. Stephen
finds himself in a strange new place, face-to-face with a real pirate. A
pirate ghost.
Captain Sapperton needs Stephen's help to cross to the other side, and
his former ghost crew are intent on making sure Stephen follows through,
whatever it takes. Stephen is about to discover the true meaning of
piventurate, and much to his surprise, his adventure will not only take
him farther into the ghostly realm, but also closer to home, where
long-held family secrets reveal surprising ties to the spirit world.
