Captain Grey [Paperback]

Avi (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

Young Kevin Cartwright is the prisoner of a pirate king.

"I shall find a way to get free."

"Free!" he shouted. "You are here, with us now. You can forget about your father and your sister, or anybody else you may have known. You belong to no nation but this nation. Put him back where he was and don't feed him. Tomorrow we shall talk again about freedom!"

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A robust pirate adventure with a neat twist." -- -- The New York Times Book Review

About the Author

Avi has written many award-winning books for young readers, including the Newberry Honor books Nothing But the Truth and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, and the Tales from Dimwood Forest: Poppy, Poppy and Rye, and Ragweed. He lives in Denver, Colorado.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (June 21, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380732440
• ISBN-13: 978-0380732449
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,348,683 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Avi has published more than sixty books. Among them is Crispin: The Cross of Lead, winner of the 2003 Newbery Medal. Other novels with nineteenth-century settings, like The Traitors' Gate -- his grand nod to the work of Charles Dickens -- are listed before the title page, and include the Newbery Honor Book, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. Avi and his family live in Denver, Colorado.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best pirate adventure since trasure island, August 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Captain Grey (Paperback)

This was one of the best pirate stories i have ever read. I think it is Avi's best book ever even better than Charolette Doyle. It is about Kevin, who is captured by a gang of pirates. The pirates kill his father and sister. He is locked in a room, but tames a pigeon to deliever messages. He carries on a conversation in this way with someone but he does not know who. The person is the most surprising part of the story. A great Book!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My kids loved it!, August 4, 2006

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This review is from: Captain Grey (Paperback)

We did this for a read aloud in our homeschool unit study about Pirates. It was the highlight of the day for the kids, a great story.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars By my favorite author, December 2, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Captain Grey (Paperback)

Captain Grey was one of my favorite books by whos probaly my favorite author,Avi. Captain grey was really intresting, espally the end when __________ and then ___________ (you have to read the book).
The main charactor was Kevin and a little while later on in the book his sister. Kevin is an eleven year old boy who is captured by Captain Grey and his "free" army. His father went mad and took his kids and began wondering with Kevin and his sister. The father was not much of a charactor for he went mad, his kids didn't care for him and he was killed in the first few pages of the book.
The plot is where a boy Named kevin is kidnapped locked in a room, and then educated on how to load guns, and Cannons, fire things and do every thing u need to know on how to plunder large schooners. Kevin must earn the captains trust to be allowed to go outside come outside, eat any food, come on more trips of plundering, or even to survive. He must be trusted in order to ever destroy the captain and his men.
The book is basicly being kidnapped being forced to help your kidnapers and then getting revenge and escaping.
I really enjoyed this book because it had alot of suspense, and I love suspence. It also had a really great endingbut the begining was a bit confusing. So i give this book 5 stars.