Pirate's Gold: A Teen Love story that includes Pirates, Pirate Treasure, and Sailing in the Caribbean! [Paperback]

Aaron Bud Elkin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 24, 2006

Aaron Elkin's Pirate's Gold is an exciting and adventure-filled story about a young boy and his friends, as they sail the high seas looking for the lost treasure of a famous pirate.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This book deals with teen love, emotions, problems, and how the characters solved these problems. This exciting character novel pits a young teens moral character against a modern day pirate. There is a build up to the treasure hunt that keeps you on the edge of your seat with an exciting ending.

Mark Abrams

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

About the Author

Aaron Elkin is an experienced author, having written a number of computer help books, several essays, and a series of adventure novels about two teenage girls who travel to various parts of the world with their parents. Some of his writing will soon appear in TechDirections magazine. In addition, he is currently writing a book about survival at sea. Earlier in his career, he worked successfully in the music production business, and also wrote music of his own. Elkin is 52 years old, has been married for 32 years, and has two daughters in their 20s.

Product Details

• Paperback: 282 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing; 1.0 edition (August 24, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 141964257X
• ISBN-13: 978-1419642579
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,516,536 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Aaron "Bud" Elkin has been an author all his life. But, when life got in the way he had to write more sporadically. He has written and published essays, poetry, technical CAD books, Young Adult Fiction, and magazine articles. He is now a full time author after retiring from the school system where he taught at a local high school. He spends his summers in the San Francisco area with his daughters.

Published works:
PIRATE'S GOLD fiction book 2007
THAT GIRL THING fiction book 2008
Christian Connections poetry 2008
TechDirection magazine article 2006
DRAFTSMAN'S CHOICE tech book 2002
3D PLAN BUILDER tech book 2003
CADian tech book 2006
FaithWriters article/poetry 2007-8
Women-Today article/poetry 2007
GuidePost article 2008
Downtown LA Life magazine 2008
Poetry Connection magazine poetry 2007
Masonry Magazine article 2008
DRAMA AT PALMETTO HIGH- BLIND LOVE book (BeachFront Press 2010)
LIVING THE POWER OF GOD book coming soon
SaltySailor Magazine 2010 http://www.saltysailors.com/articles-cruising/shark-attack.html

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of Pirate's Gold, October 31, 2006

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Loretta H. Jirsa (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pirate's Gold: A Teen Love story that includes Pirates, Pirate Treasure, and Sailing in the Caribbean! (Paperback)

I didn't know what to expect reading a kid's book but I have to admit that 1/2 way through I couldn't put the book down. If I were blind and had someone reading this book to me I would have still been on the edge of my seat until the end. The author's descriptions were very clear and very good. I would love to see 6th, 7th and 8th graders reading this in their literature classes. Lots of learning lessons in this book too! Thumbs up!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrendous, September 30, 2008

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L. Black (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pirate's Gold: A Teen Love story that includes Pirates, Pirate Treasure, and Sailing in the Caribbean! (Paperback)

I too thought that I was ordering a book written by Aaron ELKINS. The book is unbelievably bad and appears to be written by a pre-teen whose first language is not English. Real pre-teens could definitely not identify with the odd dialogue and writing style that bounces between stuffy old-fashioned vocabulary and a weak attempt at "modern" slang. I would be appalled for a child to read this and think that all the grammatical and spelling errors were acceptable. Where was the proofreader???