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Pirates Past Noon is the fourth installment in the Magic Tree House series. It was written by Mary Pope Osborne and illustrated by Sal Murdocca.

Plot[]

Jack and Annie are bored inside the house so decide to go out of the house and go to the magic tree house in the rain. They see an open book in the corner about pirates and they travel to the pirate Era. They see a parrot named Polly and when they climb out, they see a pirate ship. Then, three pirates climb out of the ship and enter a rowboat and row towards the island. Annie runs to the tree house but Jacks glasses accidentally fall off and he has to pick them up again. When Jack is running, he sees that he forgot the pirate book and must get it back but is grabbed by the biggest pirate, Cap’n Bones who is here with his friends Pinky and Stinky. Annie runs to Jack to try and save him but she gets captured to as Pinky and Stinky scavenge to the tree house for gold. They find the medallion and throw to Cap’n Bones. Cap’n Bones shoves a map in front of Jacks face and demands he reads it. It says, The Gold Doth Lie Below The Whales Eye. Cap’n Bones thinks Jack is lying since it makes no sense and he rings to kids back to the ship. They throw throw them in The cabin and Annie realizes that the island looks like a whale with a rock for an “eye”. Jack and Annie tell Cap’n Bones about it and him and his pirate friends go back to the island. A storm starts arriving and Cap’n Bones won’t release his grip on the children until the treasure is found. Jack and Annie see Polly telling them to go back because of the storm and Pinky and Stinky try to abandon Cap’n Bones but he manages to hop on the ship. Annie hurried back to the tree house but Jack sees the treasure and wants get it out of the sand. Annie says that it’s too stormy but he doesn’t listen. Polly tells him to go back and Jack stands up again and rushes to the tree house. The Tree House whisks back to Frog Creek and Polly follows them back. Jack and Annie stare at Polly as she turns into an enchantress named Morgan Le Fay who Jack has read about and who was the pteranodon, the knight, the black cat and Polly all from Jack and Annie’s previous adventures. Morgan turns out to be the owner of the tree house. It turns out that the tree house has an invisible steel on it but Hack and Annie saw through the magic. Jack and Annie back out of the tree house and back into To their home.

Contents[]

  1. Too Late!
  2. The Bright Blue Sea
  3. Three Men in a Boat
  4. Vile Booty
  5. The Kid's Treasure
  6. The Whale's Eye
  7. Gale's a-Blowin'
  8. Dig, Dogs, Dig
  9. The Mysterious M
  10. Treasure Again

Notes on time and place settings[]

  • The pirates are seen looking for the buried treasure of Captain Kidd, who died in 1701.
  • The research guide explains that they landed in the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy, which lasted from about 1710–1730.
  • Captain Bones, albeit a fictional character, seems to model himself off of the famous pirate Blackbeard, who died in 1718.
  • The technology Jack and Annie encounter, particularly the black-powder weapons, is characteristic of the 18th century.
  • In terms of Internal Chronology, this takes place one day after the previous adventure, Mummies in the Morning.

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Research Guide[]

The non-fiction companion to Pirates Past Noons is Pirates. It was written by Mary Pope Osborne and Will Osborne and illustrated by Sal Murdocca.

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