Charlie Small is twelve years old when he falls through a gap in space and time and ends up in a series of extraordinary adventures which he records in a diary format. Packed full of fun illustrations, maps, clever inventions and top tips for survival, Charlie's second adventure takes him onto a pirate ship as cabin boy for some fearsome and ferocious pirates... will they make him walk the plank? Or will their skeleton enemy be the worst of them all? No adventure is too big for Charlie Small! And how will he ever get home?