The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763680336)

A 2018 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist

The exciting true story of the captaincy, wreck, and discovery of the Whydah -- the only pirate ship ever found -- and the incredible mysteries it revealed.

The 1650s to the 1730s marked the golden age of piracy, when fearsome pirates like Blackbeard ruled the waves, seeking not only treasure but also large and fast ships to carry it. The Whydah was just such a ship, built to ply the Triangular Trade route, which it did until one of the greediest pirates of all, Black Sam Bellamy, commandeered it. Filling the ship to capacity with treasure, Bellamy hoped to retire with his bounty -- but in 1717 the ship sank in a storm off Cape Cod. For more than two hundred years, the wreck of the Whydah (and the riches that went down with it) eluded treasure seekers, until the ship was finally found in 1984 by marine archaeologists. The artifacts brought up from the ocean floor are priceless, both in value and in the picture they reveal of life in that much-mythologized era, changing much of what we know about pirates.

Author: Martin W. Sandler
ISBN-10: 0763680338
ISBN-13: 9780763680336
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 03/14/2017
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.20w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.3
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 188117 / Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked & Found

Award: Yalsa Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction for Young Adults - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2017 pg. 120
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2017
School Library Journal 02/01/2017 pg. 124
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2017
Booklist 03/01/2017 pg. 54

About the Author
Martin W. Sandler has written more than seventy books for children and adults, including Iron Rails, Iron Men, and the Race to Link the Nation: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad and The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure. Martin W. Sandler lives with his wife on Cape Cod.