Combining fast-paced adventures that will make the heart race one minute and have readers giggling out loud the next, this chapter-book series includes informative fact sheets bracketing the beginning and end of the story to relay key statistics on the locale, such as the population, location, size, language, currency, and all sorts of trivia about the land. During a sailing vacation in the Caribbean, modern-day pirates seize Sam and Max’s sailboat at night in stormy weather and throw their dad overboard. The boys suddenly have to face the grim reality that they are captives, and they muster the courage to break free of their unsavory kidnappers and start the search for their missing father. Details about Puerto Rico, the Caribbean Sea, and the history of pirates round out this nautical adventure.