Magic Tree House Series
Pirates Past Noon
By: Mary Pope Osborne
Reviewed by: Gretchen Hall
This book is an interesting book. It time wraps two children named Jack and Annie. In this book they go to the ocean. However they are not alone in this adventure. They are met by pirates. This paperback mixes weather, oceanography, pirates, and a relative of King Arthur’s from Camelot. To find out how this all works together, the book has to be read by you.
I feel this book would be a creative way to cross science and history. The book begins with a rainy day and continues with a pirate encounter. I find this being appropriate for fourth graders.

This book was a fantasy early chapter book. This book was a fantasy because it could not exist in real life but the characters are realistic. This story could not happen because you cannot time travel in real life. The character of Jack is a round character. Jack is the older of the two siblings that travel to the Indian Ocean and encounter pirates. Throughout the story you see grow. Towards the end of the story you can see by his actions that he has grown. The setting of this story changes throughout the story. It starts at Annie and Jack’s house and changes to the Indian Ocean and then returns to Annie and Jack’s house.
Age Appropriateness: late primary and intermediate

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Genre: Realistic Fiction. This book is a great book for realistic fiction because it places the reader in the story. While the children are on the beach I could feel the cold water on my toes and the wind blowing the sea air my direction.

Age Appropriateness: Upper primary

Characterization: Jack is the oldest or the two children in this book and throughout the story the reader sees Jack come into the story with some depth to his character. But towards the end of the book this depth has grown. He is a dynamic character as well as a round character. Through trials and stress Jack is changed and molded into an even more developed character.
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I like this book because it has pirates and it has a ship. ( )