Free Pirates Past Noon by Mary Pope Osborne

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Text copyright © 1994 by Mary Pope Osborne.
Illustrations copyright © 1994 by Sal Murdocca.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Osborne, Mary Pope. Pirates past noon / by Mary Pope Osborne; illustrated by Sal Murdocca.
p. cm. — (The Magic tree house series; #4) “A First stepping stone book.”
SUMMARY : The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie back to the days of deserted islands, secret maps, hidden gold, and nasty pirates.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89421-3
[1. Pirates—Fiction. 2. Time travel—Fiction.
3. Magic—Fiction. 4. Tree houses—Fiction.]
I. Murdocca, Sal, ill. II. Title.
III. Series: Osborne, Mary Pope. Magic tree house series; #4.
PZ7.O81167Pi  1994  [Fic]—dc20  93-2039
    Random House, Inc. New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland
    v3.0

For Andrew Kim Boyce



Jack stared out his bedroom window. The rain kept falling. And falling.
    â€œThe TV said it would stop by noon,” said Annie, his seven-year-old sister.
    â€œIt’s already past noon,” said Jack.
    â€œBut we have to go to the tree house,” said Annie. “I have a feeling the M person will be there today.”
    Jack pushed his glasses into place and took a deep breath. He wasn’t sure he was ready to meet the M person yet. The mysteriousperson who had put all the books in the magic tree house.
    â€œCome on,” said Annie.
    Jack sighed. “Okay,” he said. “You get our raincoats and boots. I’ll get the medallion and bookmark.”
    Annie ran to get their rain gear.
    Jack reached into his drawer. He took out the medallion.
    It was gold. The letter M was engraved on it.
    Then he took out the