Trapped in the distant past. Surrounded by the deadliest foes. Running low on dog biscuits. Noah Macgregor and his sister Holli were looking for their dog Gilbert in the rickety old house that, three hundred fifty years ago, belonged to the dread pirate Captain Ambrose Craven. They find Gilbert...just as he runs full speed into...and it looks like, through...a painting. Wait, what? A painting? Naturally, they follow their dog; wouldn't you? Imagine their surprise when they find themselves in a strange sort of alternate colonial South Carolina, where animals talk and weird clockwork pirates walk. But it gets worse. Captain Ambrose Craven and his hideous stream-driven minions stand between the kids and their only way back home. Hopefully their new friends-both two-legged and four-will be able to help...
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