Will could walk a tightrope and juggle bananas as he went. "One day
you'll be the star of a circus," his mother told him. "But until then,
you must be a secret." For each year pirates came to the islands to
steal young boys for their crew. And if that happened to you, well, you
may as well kiss your life goodbye. So what's a young lad to do when his
mother disappears and pirates arrive at his door? Will takes courage
from a crazy truth-telling parrot, and his mother's advice: "Keep
putting one foot in front of the other and your eyes on the prize." But
will this be enough to survive the perils at sea? And will that
infuriatingly polite boy called Horrendo finally tip the balance? A
high-seas pirate adventure about finding the most precious treasure of
all.