Caribbean Capers: 1 - Tapa blanda

Written after the style of the Hardy Boys books, Caribbean Capers is an engaging tale of adventures experienced by a group of boys of varying backgrounds in St John, USVI. Their brushes with "pirates' (dinghy thieves) and other challenges result in steps toward maturity and friendship. The young heroes range along the beaches and over the hills, escaping from danger, solving a mystery and beginning the voyage from boys to men. " Caribbean Compass

Three hundred years ago, fearsome pirates roamed the Caribbean Sea, attacking and robbing passing merchant ships. On the wharves of St Thomas and in its warehouses, they openly sold their stolen booty to the highest bidder.On the nearby island of St John captured African slaves labored in the intense tropical heat clearing the steep mountain slopes, planting and harvesting sugar cane. Much has changed. The slaves have been set free; the sugarcane is gone; the mountains are, once again, heavily treed. But the pirates? ... There will always be pirates! Library of Congress Number: 2001012345 ISBN: 0-9643407-2-0 1. Adventure __YA fiction; 2. Adventure __middlereader fiction; 3. Adventure__juvenile fiction; 4. Caribbean__ juvenile fiction, Published in the United States WindSpirit Publishing 220 Compass Ave, Beachwood, NJ 08722 Windspiritpub@earthlink.net http://www.windspiritpublishing.net Maps: Courtesy of Virtual Virgin Islands, Inc