Customer Reviews

Captain Grey

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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!

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.

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.

Good historical fiction.

When I read this book as a young girl, it captured my imagination, and stayed brewing in the back of my mind for years. Now as a mother, I purchased this book for my son. He hasn't read it yet, but I re-read it, to see if it held the same magic as an adult. Of course things are never as shiny as one remembers them, but it is a solid book. As with many books, there are ideas and themes that I didn't recognize when reading this with a child - questions about government, war, freedom, the ethics of revenge and redemption. I hope to talk with my son after he reads the book, and draw his attention to these themes, and get his opinion on them. Even if he doesn't pick up on them, it is a great pirating adventure, filled with intrigue, mystery and gunpowder.

If you are looking for an adventurous book that isn't too long, yet isn't too short, and are in love with Avi like I am, Captain Grey is a good book for you. Although it hasn't won many awards and such, it tells a story about a young boy who's father is killed and his sister is missing, suspected dead, by a gang of pirates and their captain, Captain Grey. He must adjust to the life of a pirate as one of Captain Grey's shipmates. But can he escape?

Captain Grey was an interesting book. The beggining wasn't the best but if you kept reading into it, it got a lot more exciting.I don't read a lot of books willingly but this book kept me interested.I would recomened this book to anyone who likes to read adventurous books and books that are somewhat historical.

I have really loved reading this exciting pirate adventure. It's a great story that will leave you on the edge of your seat. A thriller for all ages.

captain grey rules cause it's about a really righteous pirate named captain grey it inspired me to right my own book on pirates

Captain Grey was a very good book the, begginning will make you borad but if you stay and read the book you will see that it is a intersting book.THIS WAS A GREAT BOOK.