Ferocious Captain Firebeard and the crew of the Horrible Haddock rule the high seas.

But the dastardly pirates meet their match when they kidnap a small, feisty girl called Molly as she sails to visit her granny.

But Molly refuses to cower in fear. She knows something the pirates don't - the real pirate to fear is none other than Molly's own mum, and she won't be pleased to find her daughter kidnapped!

International bestseller Cornelia Funke and rising picture book star Kasia Matyjaszek join forces in this laugh-out-loud swashbuckling adventure that celebrates empowered girls everywhere.