When Charlie Small is twelve years old he falls through a gap in space and time and has been trying to get home ever since - his second lost diary, full of drawings and top tips for survival, reveals how he ends up as a cabin boy for a gang of cut-throat pirates and must face a ferocious enemy!

Charlie Small is twelve years old when he falls through a gap in space and time and ends up in a series of extraordinary adventures which he records in a diary format. Packed full of fun illustrations, maps, clever inventions and top tips for survival, Charlie's second adventure takes him onto a pirate ship as cabin boy for some fearsome and ferocious pirates... will they make him walk the plank? Or will their skeleton enemy be the worst of them all? No adventure is too big for Charlie Small! And how will he ever get home?

"Buccaneering books to grip the most reluctant reader." - Daily Telegraph

"Charlie's scrapes and escapes are mapped step by step, like a good action stunt, with a balance of detail and pace." - Times Educational Supplement

"My seven year old couldn't put it down." - The School Librarian

"Should prove irresistible to readers of seven and upward." - The Bookseller

"Exciting set-piece scenes. Charlie's scrapes and escapes are mapped step by step, like a good action stunt, with a balance of detail and pace." - TES

"A delightful adventure-packed story … Full of wonderful maps, sketches, and notes, this title is the first in what promises to be a highly entertaining series" - Through the Looking Glass