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.

Ferocious pirate Captain Firebeard thinks that he and the ruthless crew of the Horrible Haddock rule the high seas, But the dastardly pirates meet their match when they kidnap a small, feisty girl named Molly sailing to visit her granny, Even when they threaten to feed her to the sharks, Molly stubbornly refuses to cower in fear, Because she knows something the pirates don't - the true fiercest pirate on the high seas is none other than Molly's mother, and she won't be pleased to find her daughter kidnapped!