Product Description

Aaron Elkin's Pirate's Gold is an exciting and adventure-filled story about a young boy and his friends, as they sail the high seas looking for the lost treasure of a famous pirate.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1051528 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-24
• Released on: 2006-08-24
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 282 pages

Review

This book deals with teen love, emotions, problems, and how the characters solved these problems. This exciting character novel pits a young teens moral character against a modern day pirate. There is a build up to the treasure hunt that keeps you on the edge of your seat with an exciting ending.

Mark Abrams

About the Author
Aaron Elkin is an experienced author, having written a number of computer help books, several essays, and a series of adventure novels about two teenage girls who travel to various parts of the world with their parents. Some of his writing will soon appear in TechDirections magazine. In addition, he is currently writing a book about survival at sea. Earlier in his career, he worked successfully in the music production business, and also wrote music of his own. Elkin is 52 years old, has been married for 32 years, and has two daughters in their 20s.

Customer Reviews

Correcting a misapprehension
This is not a review of the quality of Pirate's Gold. I wish only to point out that the Aaron Elkin who wrote this book is not the mystery writer Aaron Elkins. This site seems to confuse the two (e.g., offering a twosome of Pirate's Gold and Unnatural Selection (which IS by Aaron Elkins.

Review of Pirate's Gold
I didn't know what to expect reading a kid's book but I have to admit that 1/2 way through I couldn't put the book down. If I were blind and had someone reading this book to me I would have still been on the edge of my seat until the end. The author's descriptions were very clear and very good. I would love to see 6th, 7th and 8th graders reading this in their literature classes. Lots of learning lessons in this book too! Thumbs up!

Horrendous
I too thought that I was ordering a book written by Aaron ELKINS. The book is unbelievably bad and appears to be written by a pre-teen whose first language is not English. Real pre-teens could definitely not identify with the odd dialogue and writing style that bounces between stuffy old-fashioned vocabulary and a weak attempt at "modern" slang. I would be appalled for a child to read this and think that all the grammatical and spelling errors were acceptable. Where was the proofreader???