While continuing their search for the legendary Sword of Corẗеes, the crew of the Barnacle is entranced by an ethereal song, which causes each to try to sail the Barnacle in a direction away from the sword's supposed location. Only the Barnacle's captain, young Jack Sparrow, is unaffected by the strange song, so he alone must try to subdue his crew and defeat the mysterious force behind the spell.

A boring homework assignment involving knot tying proves invaluable when the student pirates help Captain Stinky Beard foil an attack by a rival pirate ship.

Hoping to be taken seriously by Rotten Tooth, who is supposed to be training them to be pirates, nine-year-old Pete leads his friends in an attempt to beat the grown-ups in finding the treasure buried on Snake Island and stealing it from the giant snake that guards it.

"Describes the history of pirates, including the reasons people became pirates and why the Golden Age of Piracy ended"--Provided by publisher.