Would you risk your life to go back in time to the golden age of piracy 2021 Selah Award Winner Finalist for YA Literature At the conclusion of a seminar on Trances and Visions Exploring the OutofBody Experience the wealthy daughter of a prominent physician approaches Ricky with an offer If my father could fix things so your mother would receive the best cancer treatment for free would you go back in time to clear my ancestors good nameRicky explains that he cant simply will himself to have an episode and take a timetravel tripAbsence seizures dont work that way Even if I could go back I cant control when and where I end upBut Ricky also knows there have been instances where someone claimed they slipped into a trance and saw past and future events They saw things Ricky says to the rich girl but didnt change what happened in the pastThen for the third time since last Christmas Ricky experiences a short staring spell of fixed gazing into space and sailing through timeMoments later Ricky finds himself in pirate land with Stede Bonnet a rich sugar plantation owner who thought becoming a pirate might be a fun way to live out the rest of his life And for Bonnet it was a Yabba Dabba Doo good time right up until the moment Ricky stepped aboard the Revenge Will Ricky swing by the neck or die on the deckSet sail from Barbados with Bonnets crew as they slant west towards the North American coast and run afoul of the British Royal Navy the good citizens of Charleston and the pirate Blackbeard Would you risk your life to go back in time in order to save your motherParents can trust the Caribbean Chronicles Series There is no sexual dialogue or situations violence or strong language only positive moral values