Monica Lim - Danger Dan Spooks the Peculiar Peranakan Pirate

I find Danny so funny! I like the exciting parts where Danny and Melody have to escape from the bad guys. I like the gadgets they use too. I cant wait for the next book!

Fang Jun, 9, Temasek Primary School

Danger Dan is funny and courageous. I really enjoyed reading his exciting adventures through time. I also learned bits of Singapore history.

Michael, 10, St Gabriels Primary School

Danger Dans so funny! It has story facts about Singapore. You must buy the books!

Kristin Bay, 9, Methodist Girls School

I like how the Danger Dan series brought me to old Singapore. The adventures never fail to excite me. I had fun reading the stories and will continue!

Nerissa, 12, St Margarets Primary School

Expect the unexpected with Danger Dan as you join him on his adventures.

Susan Liang, History and Social Studies teacher, Pioneer Secondary School

A fun story that also educates! Readers can learn good vocabulary and understand more about Singapore history as they join Danger Dan on his adventures.

Dr Tay Hui Yong, Vice-Principal, Nanyang Girls High School

An entertaining and engaging combination of fantasy and history!

Edmund Lim, author of Wheres Grandma?, winner of the Hedwig Anuar Childrens Book Award 2013

A relaxing read. The history and culture of Singapore are cleverly weaved into an adventurous story.

Louise Law, Festival Manager, Hong Kong International Literary Festival

written by
Lesley-Anne & Monica Lim
illustrated by
James Tan

Also in the series
Danger Dan Confronts the Merlion Mastermind
Danger Dan Tackles the Majulah Mayhem

Also by Monica Lim
The Good, the Bad and the PSLE

Copyright 2014 by Monica Lim and Lesley-Anne Tan

Illustrations copyright 2014 Epigram Books

All rights reserved.

Published in Singapore by Epigram Books.

www.epigrambooks.sg

Illustrations by James Tan

Cover design and book layout by Lydia Wong

National Library Board, Singapore

Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

Lim, Monica

DANGER DAN SPOOKS THE PECULIAR PERANAKAN PIRATE/

written by Monica Lim and Lesley-Anne Tan

illustrated by James Tan

Singapore : Epigram Books, 2014.

pages cm

ISBN: 978-981-4615-21-1 (paperback)

ISBN : 978-981-4615-20-4 (epub)

1. Superheroes Juvenile fiction.

2. Time travel Juvenile fiction.

3. Pirates Juvenile fiction.

4. Singapore History 1819-1867 Juvenile fiction.

I. Tan, Lesley-Anne. II. Tan, James. III. Title.

PZ7

S823 -- dc23 OCN878367843

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the authors imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

First Edition:

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For English teachers who inspire the love of words, especially Ms Yao

Danger Dan has been captured by the evil Peg Leg Pirate and his crew! He is bound and locked up in the brig. His prison is cold, wet and dark except for a small barred window. Danger Dan needs to escape before the pirates make him walk the plank! Taking a deep breath, he musters all his strength and pulls.

The ropes binding his hands and feet fly apart. The pirates are fools. No rope or chain is any match for Danger Dans super strength. Now to escape! He scans the cell for a weak spot. The cage bars are made of solid steel and are unbreakable. But the bars on the window are thin and rusted from the sea water.

Danger Dan leaps up and grabs hold of one of the wooden beams on the ceiling. Like a trapeze artist, he skilfully swings forward, does a double somersault and gives a mighty kick.

The metal bars break and tumble out the open window, disappearing into the deep blue sea.

Danger Dan dives into the ocean. He rises to the surface for air and whistles an unusual, high-pitched tune. A friendly dolphin answers thecall and playfully circles him. He climbs onto the dolphins back and it takes off! Standing on the dolphin, Danger Dan surfs past the pirate ship and towards the shore. The island is in sight! He can already see the familiar coconut trees and white sandy beach. Just a little closer

Danny, lend me your e-dictionary! Dannys eldest sister, Amy, suddenly barged into his room unannounced, jolting Danny out of his daydream. As she swung open the door, it slammed into Dannys skateboard and threw him off.

Amy wasnt really asking for permission. She usually just took whatever she wanted. Amy was 18 years old and had a Big Mouth. She often talked only because she liked the sound of her own voice. She needed the e-dictionary to find new words because she had grown tired of using the same ones.

Amy spotted Dannys e-dictionary on his desk and grabbed it. I didnt say you could have it! protested Danny.

Just as he lunged at Amys legs to stop her, his second sister, Betty, marched into his room. Im borrowing your calculator, Danny! she demanded. Betty was 16 years old and had a Big Brain. She was working out how fast a submarine functioning at three-eighths of its capacity would be travelling if it left the base at 0415 hours and almost collided with a whale moving in the opposite direction in search of its calf 73 kilometres away. Betty didnt need a calculator for that, though. She needed it for the bonus question: what was the length of the submarines periscope?

Betty boldly rummaged through Dannys school bag. Stop taking my stuff! cried Danny. He let go of Amy and threw himself at Betty, who dodged.

Just then, Dannys third sister, Candy, clumped into his room. Candy was 12 years old. She didnt have a Big Mouth or a Big Brain. She was justBIG. Her idea of a balanced meal was three burgers, three bowls of chips and three milkshakes. Candy spotted an unopened bag of peanut butter crisps on Dannys bed and snatched it.

HEY! Danny was furious. Peanut butter crisps were his absolute favourite and he had been saving the pack. GIVE THAT BACK! He grabbed Candys arm but she brushed him aside like he was a fly.