Old Town's finest hour... For three days, Old Town is playing host to the International Mousing Exhibition, and it should be the greatest event the world has ever seen. But one person is determined to ruin everything. The pirate returns... Mousebeard is back, and nothing will stop him finishing what he started all those years ago. Reputations will crumble. Friends will be lost. War is coming to Old Town, and for Emiline and Scratcher, there's no means of escape.

In Emiline's world, there are thousands of species of mice, some rarer than others. Mousehunters travel the world collecting the rarest and most special breeds, from the wily and deadly Sharpclaw Mouse to the dog-sized Elephant Mouse and the quick-as-lightning Comet Mouse. For Emiline, a mousekeeper in the employ of wealthy Isiah Lovelock, there is no greater dream than becoming a famous mousehunter. So when she is given the opportunity to join the hunt for the legendary pirate Mousebeard, she sets off on the most dangerous, most thrilling, most swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. The Mousehunter is an extremely accessible, dark and thrilling story, featuring original black & white illustrations, maps and character portraits.

Breaking the curse . . .For many years, a curse has condemned Mousebeard to a life forever lived at sea. But after escaping execution he is determined to break it _ if only to seek revenge on Isiah Lovelock, his mortal enemy.The faithful new crew . . .Now fugitives themselves, Emiline and Scratcher take up the pirate_s cause. The young mousekeepers will fight old enemies and even discover a lost world of mice in their quest to break the curse. And break it they must, because Old Town_s power is rising and only Mousebeard can stop it.Join Emiline and Scratcher on their first adventure in The Mousehunter.[insert thumbnail of THE MOUSEHUNTER cover]

Across the Seventeen Seas lies a world filled with spies, ship battles, and secrets.... For many years, a curse has condemned Captain Mousebeard, the feared mousehunting pirate, to a life at sea, never to set foot on dry land. But the dastardly Isaiah Lovelock, Mousebeard's mortal enemy, is growing in power, and only Captain Mousebeard is brave enough to stop him. In order to stand a chance against Lovelock, the fearless Emiline and her friends-now fugitives themselves- must help the captain break the curse before his fate is sealed forever. Their adventure takes them to Norgammon, a mythical land of lost mice. There, they are introduced to a wonderful and dangerous assortment of mouse species, and a terrifying battle awaits them. Will Emiline and her crew be able to escape their enemies' claws unscathed?

"Tony Sludge and the sewer rats have invented a new device - a shrink ray that can turn things tiny! Tony has a plan to use it to steal all of Muskrat City's gold. It's up to the Heromice to stop him, but they'd better be careful the sewer rats don't turn them into mini-mice first!"--Back cover.

Fourth-grade superhero Jo Schmo and her sidekick Raymond face Dr. Dastardly and Numbskull, who break out of jail and join forces with Pinkbeard's band of time-traveling pirates in an evil revenge plot.

In this lively follow-up to "The Mousehunter," the dastardly Isiah Lovelock is growing in power, and only the feared Captain Mousebeard is brave enough to stop him.