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Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth by J. V. Hart
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Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth

by J. V. Hart

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This book gives good background on the person who would become Captain Hook. It was interesting to learn how and why he was the way he was. ( )
aangela1010 | Apr 9, 2009 |  
"Topping swank" ( )
arak | Jun 3, 2008 |  
Love this book! Could read it over and over! ( )
velvetsnape | Feb 11, 2008 |  
An intelligent book about a young Captain Hook that details all the important aspects of his youth from why he is the way he is to how he got his name. Young King Jas. enters Eton wearily and finds almost immediately the enemies (named Darling of course, like the children in the original book), friends (Jolly Roger of course!) and love that his life has been missing. His adventures continue to entertain fluidly transforming from one to another. J.V.Hart really found the comfortable medium where the reader roots for James while still seeing the evil that you will someday come to expect from Capt. Hook. Everything is here: dastardly deeds, poisonous pet spiders, duals to the death, fires, escapes, mutinies! The whole book reads well and comes highly recommended for a bit of light reading. ( )
Ambrosia4 | Jul 6, 2007 |  
My brother gave me this for my birthday & he said it was because he knows I love good kids books. He was right. I'd never even heard of this book, but it was a fun read. It's a bit of a dark tale about a younger Captain Hook, and how could I not love a book about a vengeful, mischievous boy with a pet spider? ( )
ysar | May 9, 2007 |  
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With his long black curls, a shadowy family tree, and an affinity for pet spiders, James Matthew bears little resemblance to his starched-collar, blue-blooded peers at Eton. Dubbed King Jas., he stops at nothing to become the most notorious underclassman in the prestigious school's history. For James, sword fighting, falling in love with an Ottoman Sultana, and challenging the Queen of England are all in a day's skullduggery. But when he sets sail on a ship with a mysterious mission, King Jas.' dream of discovering a magical island quickly turns into an unimaginable nightmare.

Screenwriter J. V. Hart traces the evolution of J. M. Barrie's classic villain from an eccentric outcast to the scourge of Neverland.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:19 -0400)

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