José and the Pirate Captain Toledano!
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Parent Guide
It’s 1547, and 14-year-old José and his father are Portuguese refugees living in the colony of Santo Domingo. José knows he’s different from everyone else, but it isn’t until the evil Captain DeGuzman arrests his father that José learns they’re Jewish and hiding from the Spanish Inquisition. After his father is arrested, José escapes to a pirate ship that had just come ashore. But when José and the Pirate Captain Toledano learn they share a dangerous secret, José’s future is plunged into uncertainty.
This action-packed graphic novel is a coming-of-age story about survival, justice, figuring out who you are, and finding your tribe.
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Adventures among the pirates
Can you be Jewish and a pirate at the same time? In this quick-read graphic novel you learn about Jose’s escape of the Spanish Inquisition by becoming a pirate. Life on a pirate ship for a Jewish stowaway is not all that easy, but he finds a mentor: the ship’s Captain. Read this book to find out more about Jose’s adventures among the pirates, and what happens when they manage to hunt down a certain ship...