This book was adorable. Small Saul wants nothing more than to be a pirate. But even after finishing pirate school, he doesn’t have an easy life at sea. He’s eventually kicked off his boat when the rest of the pirates realized how good they had it they go back and rescue Saul. While I like this book, I also do not like this book. I love that Saul chases his dream and makes the way he does things work into getting his dream. However, this book shows Saul being constantly bullied by others for being different. And he takes it. He never stands up for himself. So, he is kicked off the boat and when the bullies come back going, oh, we shouldn’t have done that he goes right back to being their best friends. I think the message in this book does not come out the way the author intended. I think there are two dueling messages one that was meant one that wasn’t. And while I normally absolutely love this author’s books, I think this one’s a mess. This sounds more like a bully story where the bullies win then a story about being yourself.