{"id":426,"date":"2013-09-19T08:20:04","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T08:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/?p=426"},"modified":"2013-09-19T08:20:04","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T08:20:04","slug":"floris-books-celebrates-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day-for-pyrates-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/09\/19\/floris-books-celebrates-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day-for-pyrates-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Floris Books celebrates International Talk Like A Pirate Day for Pyrate’s Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pyrate's<\/a><\/p>\n

Arrrrr, me scurvy Floris seadogs! Did ye ken that Thursday 19th September is International Talk Like A Pirate Day<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Wha\u2019 d\u2019ye mean \u2018NO\u2019? Would ye like t\u2019 try again?<\/p>\n

Did ye savvy it\u2019s also th\u2019 day Pyrate\u2019s Boy<\/em> by E.B. Colin<\/a>, a handsome pirate yarn from the beauties at Floris Books, can fin\u2019lly be exchanged for 6 doubloons or a talking parrot?<\/p>\n

Shiver me timbers, lads and lasses! Have ye bin marooned in th\u2019 bilge these long months? Pyrate\u2019s Boy <\/i><\/a>is a thrillin\u2019 adventure, with swashbucklin\u2019 pyrates, danger at every turn an\u2019 plenty o\u2019 cannon fire an\u2019 booty.<\/p>\n

Found shipwrecked by the crew of the feared pyrate ship Tenacity, <\/i>Silas Orr, an 11-year-old runaway from Greenock, is given a choice:<\/p>\n

x Take his chances in a row boat on the open water; or<\/p>\n

x Swear to the pyrate\u2019s code and become cabin boy for Captain Jon Harkin, the infamous pyrate Black Johnnie.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But life on the high seas isn’t easy and when the pyrates discover a mysterious box attached to a drowning boy, they begin the fight of their lives. Their adventures take Silas from Jamaica to Glasgow, on a dangerous journey of thievery, cannon fire and kidnap. But what secrets will be revealed there?<\/p>\n

An\u2019 because there be nothin\u2019 as excitin\u2019 as a handsome pirate yarn, the good ship Floris is goin\u2019 t\u2019 natter like a true swashbucklin\u2019 buccaneer all day to celebrate the maiden voyage of Pyrate\u2019s Boy<\/i><\/a>. Send us yer message in a bottle<\/a>, or hoist the colours on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But beware … landlubbers will be made to walk the plank, and ye may lay to that!<\/p>\n

PS. Not sure how to talk like a pyrate? Never fear, here\u2019s a handy guide<\/a> with our top 10 pirate words and phrases!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arrrrr, me scurvy Floris seadogs! Did ye ken that Thursday 19th September is International Talk Like A Pirate Day? Wha\u2019 d\u2019ye mean \u2018NO\u2019? Would ye like t\u2019 try again? Did ye savvy it\u2019s also th\u2019 day Pyrate\u2019s Boy by E.B. Colin, a handsome pirate yarn from the beauties at Floris Books, can fin\u2019lly be exchanged […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[62,66,65],"class_list":["post-426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-childrens-books","tag-childrens-fiction","tag-pirates","tag-pyrates-boy","odd"],"yoast_head":"\nFloris Books celebrates International Talk Like A Pirate Day for Pyrate's Boy - Floris Books Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/09\/19\/floris-books-celebrates-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day-for-pyrates-boy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Floris Books celebrates International Talk Like A Pirate Day for Pyrate's Boy - Floris Books Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Arrrrr, me scurvy Floris seadogs! 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