Twelve-year-old Jocelyn dreams of becoming every bit as daring as her
infamous father, Captain James Hook. Her grandfather, on the other hand,
intends to see her starched and pressed into a fine society lady. When
she's sent to Miss Eliza Crumb-Biddlecomb's Finishing School for Young
Ladies, Jocelyn's hopes of following in her father's fearsome footsteps
are lost in a heap of dance lessons, white gloves, and way too much
pink.
So when Jocelyn receives a letter from her father challenging her to
avenge his untimely demise at the jaws of the Neverland crocodile, she
doesn't hesitate--here at last is the adventure she has been waiting
for. But Jocelyn finds that being a pirate is a bit more difficult than
she'd bargained for. As if attempting to defeat the Neverland's most
fearsome beast isn't enough to deal with, she's tasked with captaining a
crew of woefully untrained pirates, outwitting cannibals wild for
English cuisine, and rescuing her best friend from a certain pack of
lost children, not to mention that pesky Peter Pan who keeps barging in
uninvited.
The crocodile's clock is always ticking in Heidi Schulz's debut novel, a
story told by an irascible narrator who is both dazzlingly witty and
sharp as a sword. Will Jocelyn find the courage to beat the incessant
monster before time runs out?