TY - BOOK AU - Norcliffe, James, TI - The pirates and the nightmaker SN - 9781775537694 U1 - NZ823.2 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Auckland, New Zealand PB - Longacre, KW - Pirates KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Castaways KW - Space ships KW - Magic KW - Children's stories, New Zealand KW - local KW - Adventure fiction N1 - Novel for children; Intermediate, junior secondary N2 - The year is 1740 and the ship Firefly has been taken over by pirates. The ship's boy and some of the crew find themselves adrift in the ocean, along with the mysterious stranger Mr Wicker. The ship's boy fears for his life as the half-starved men start to eye him up. Mr Wicker reveals his magical abilities by giving the ship's boy the ability to fly and making him invisible. At first the ship's boy is grateful, but then realises Mr Wicker has plans for him ER -