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The Death-Defying Pepper Roux
by Geraldine McCaughrean
Ages: 9+
Published: 2010
Publisher: Harper
ISBN: 978-0-06-183665-7
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Destined not to outlive his fourteenth birthday, Pepper takes a last walk to the harbor and finds himself aboard his father's ship, not as passenger, but as captain.