Chapters 6 and 7

In theses two chapters, Jim, Hugh, and Marah spend the afternoons talking about different ship-related things like a ship wreck that happened one hundred years before in the Gulf of Mexico and a lot of gold coins were spilled into the ocean and got lost.
One time, Jim, Hugh, and their friend Ned were exploring the beach when they met some coast guards who told them to go away. This made Jim worry that the night riders including Marah had been caught. Then Jim tried to warn him, but he knew that it was not a problem.
The next day, the coast guards were found to be missing. Jim was worried and ran to the place where they were the day before, and found flattened grass but no bodies. He then heard some voices and had just discovered a secret cave when the chapter ended.
I think the book is getting more interesting, because the conflicts are continuing and I know more about what is going on.

Chapter 5: The Last Voyage of the Snail

In this chapter, Hugh and Jim make a model sailboat out of a wooden box and a piece of cloth and sail it down a  flooded stream. Marah finds out and shows them some model sailboats that looked very realistic and even have model cannons. Hugh, Jim, and Marah then take turns shooting at the boat that Hugh and Jim made, the Snail. In this chapter, Marah seems to be a nice person, but he is very firm about getting people to do what he says.

Chapter 4

The man who was acting suspicious in the previous chapter caught Jim and Hugh and took them to a hideout in some thronbushes, where they were nearly invisible. He told them they were hiding to avoid getting caught by the British army who would be investigating what happened last night. If they found out, the night riders would be in trouble, and Jim might get killed, because that is what would happen if he told others about the night riders. The man who captured them was named Marah, and he taught them how to tie different types of knots, but he seems suspicious. A few hours later, he let them go home. He had strange tattoos and, of course, he captured Jim and Hugh. However, he seemed to try to act nice while being gruff. He is also a fortune teller, because he looked at a strange deck of cards and said "'You and I will know a power of strange times together, Jim.'" p. 53
Marah could be a major character, possibly even a pirate because the book said that he looked like a sailor. This chapter was very interesting because I learned more about the man. They still have not been on the pirate ship, so I do not know about the historical accuracy.

Chapter 3 Post

In this chapter, Jim and Ms. Cottier take their horse back (one was borrowed by the night riders earlier) to their house. Ms. Cottier unofficially adopts Jim by saying he should think of her as his mother. That night the night riders brought the horse back. The next day, Jim and Hugh decided to pretend to be Native Americans and build a house out of snow, but they find someone flashing a warning by reflecting sunlight and the glow from the previous night's snow. They are then chased by the man flashing the warning and run towards the house, but Hugh trips on a root and the chapter ends.
So far, the story is interesting, but no pirates have came. However, the man flashing the signal could be warning of pirates or be a pirate.
It is still hard to judge the historical accuracy because it is still early 1800s England.

Chapters 1 and 2 Blog

So far, the book has talked about the main character, Jim Davis, and his history. He is living in England and was born in 1800. Both of his parents have died, and he now lives with his aunt and uncle, old teacher, and her son. The old teacher, Mrs. Cottier got stuck in a snowstorm while she was Christmas shopping and Jim rode out on a horse in the snow to find her. He met some outlaws on the way who threatened to kill him, but they let him go and told him not to tell anyone else. Mrs. Cottier was okay, but she had met the same outlaws. This is where I stopped reading. The book is interesting so far, and I do not know how historically accurate it is because we are talking about pirates in class, not early 1800s England.

First Post - Predictions

The book I chose for my pirate novel blog was Jim Davis: A High Sea Adventure by John Masefield. I think that the book will be not be very historically accurate because it was written in 1911 and it seems like people did not try to make things as accurate then. Also, books about pirates seem to have a more positive view of them. I think the book will probably be interesting, because the plot sounds like it could have some interesting twists.