Join Kid Pirate and his crew – Salty, Meg, Bo and Vane – marooned on a desert island with no ship. In this adventure, the crew make a hair-raising discovery whilst looking for diamonds inside a cave …
Reading Champion Graphic readers is a new strand in the Reading Champion programme. Each story follows the adventures of the same set of characters in exciting comic book form, perfect for encouraging reluctant readers. The books have been book banded to support children’s reading in the classroom. The Kid Pirate books have all been banded at book band 7 Turquoise.

Damian Harvey

Damian Harvey lives in North Wales with his lovely wife, Vicky. He has three wonderful daughters, one brilliant boy and a cat called Polly. He has written more than 130 books for primary school aged children and is busy writing more. When he isn’t writing, Damian loves visiting schools, libraries, bookshops, festivals and anywhere that will have him, where he shares stories, talks about writing and gets people excited about books and reading. You can find out more about Damian by visiting http://www.damianharvey.co.uk and follow him on Twitter @damianjharvey

Denis Cristo

Denis Cristo is an illustrator and web designer based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Most of his illustrations are digital vector art.
He studied advertising, and worked for many years with an animation studio.
Over the last few years he’s been working as a freelance illustrator with the advertising and children’s books markets.