For Children
From Justin Somper, the award-winning author of Vampirates, comes this brilliant new Middle Grade adventure series for readers aged 9 and up!
The year is 2507. The oceans have risen. A new dawn of piracy has begun.
Jacoby Blunt and Jasmine Peacock are students at the elite Pirate Academy, where lessons range from Knots Class to Combat Workshop and Navigation by Map or Moon. The teachers are all pirate legends. The pressure is always on.
When a new kid, the mysterious Neo Splice, arrives, everything changes FAST. Suddenly the dangers are no longer simply out on the oceans but right here, amongst them. In the face of real peril, the students of Barracuda class must put everything they have learned to the test against a ruthless and seemingly unstoppable new enemy…
Welcome to Pirate Academy – once you step through the door, you won’t ever want to leave!
If you fancy winning one of five sets of 10 copies of the first book in the series New Kid on Deck for your Children’s Book Club, please email uclanpublishing@uclan.ac.uk with the subject header ‘Reading Agency – Pirate Academy’ and include the following:
- Name of your reading group
- Age of group members
- Name of local library authority or school (if applicable)
- Name of your main group contact (your name)
- Email address of main group contact (this is so that we can contact you on whether your pitch is successful or not)
- Full address of library or school (best address to send the books if your group is successful)
- Tell us more about your group (how often you meet, the type of books you like to read etc.)
- Please tell us why your group would like to take part in this offer.
- If your group is selected, how will you promote excitement about this book with your group?
- Is your group happy to read, discuss and review the book?
- Will you be able to share some images with your group (these can be without faces), of your display or your reviews on social media?
The deadline is 13 June.
*One lucky group will also win a complete set of the books – New Kid on Deck, Missing at Sea and Sword Echoes.
The books will be delivered to you by the beginning of July and you will have six weeks after you receive the book to send back individual reviews. We anonymise your applications and share with the
publisher to help select the clubs.
Please only apply if you will be able to send the club’s feedback six weeks after receiving books. If you do not send in feedback in return for the free books you will not be able to apply for other opportunities.
We also welcome photos and screengrabs of any social media posts.
