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All evidence points to three boatbuilders' sons. They claim to be innocent but, as accusations mount, their families' livelihood is threatened. It's up to the three boys, and three other members of the Coot Club Bird Protection Society, to solve the mystery and clear their name.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Joe, Bill, and Pete live to sail in the Norfolk Broads but now they are under suspicion of setting boats adrift and stealing from ship builders. When the Ds (Dorothea and Dick) arrive, hoping to enjoy a holiday with their friends of the Coot Club, it seems to them that a plot is afoot. Someone is trying to drive Joe, Bill, and Pete away in disgrace for crimes they didn't commit.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Friendship and resourcefulness, dangers and excitement: Arthur Ransome's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwallows and Amazons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e series has stood the test of time. 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It's the Coot Club Bird Protection Society to the rescue!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dick and Dorothea Callum came to the Norfolk Broads during the Easter holidays, eager to learn to sail. There, they run into the Coot Club--children who protect the local birds from thoughtless tourists.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Trouble begins when a coot's nest is disturbed by a ship full of \"Hullabaloos\"--rude holiday boaters. The children try to convince the \"Hullabaloos\" to moor their noisy boat somewhere else. This fails and frantic chases, calamitous boat collisions, daring rescues (including by a dog, William the pug), and rewards ensue!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Friendship and resourcefulness, dangers and excitement: Arthur Ransome's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwallows and Amazons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e series has stood the test of time. 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In minutes, the ship is ablaze (and doomed), and our seven luckless protagonists are adrift in two small boats. They make their way to land, only to find themselves the captives of one of the last remaining pirates operating off the China Coast. But Missee Lee, as it turns out, is no ordinary pirate; her father had sent her off to Cambridge University to prepare her for a life as a teacher. But when her father takes ill and dies, she finds herself struggling to hold together the Three Island Confederation he had created, and to be recognized as his legitimate heir and ruler of the Island Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e called this, \"his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e put \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMissee Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"in a class by itself.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Friendship and resourcefulness, dangers and excitement: Arthur Ransome's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwallows and Amazons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e series has stood the test of time. 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It's a tale of buried treasure and, unfortunately, when the kids set sail to find it, the pirate Jake, captain of the \u003ci\u003eViper\u003c\/i\u003e, follows. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the Atlantic Ocean, through fog, threats from pirate Jake, a hurricane, and an earthquake once they land, the Swallows and Amazons have to find the treasure, evade the pirates, and return safely home to England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriendship, resourcefulness, and sailing, too: Arthur Ransome's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwallows and Amazons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e series has stood the test of time. 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