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PIRATES PAST NOON

MARY POPE OSBORNE’S

PIRATES PAST NOON

the graphic novel

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First published in the USA by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, 2022

Adapted from Pirates Past Noon , published by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, 1994

First published in Great Britain by Puffin Books 2025 001

Text copyright © Mary Pope Osborne, 2022

Art copyright © Kelly Matthews & Nichole Matthews, 2022

Text adapted by Jenny Laird

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For Teddy and Clark Lettice

—M.P. O.

For June and Willie – beautiful, beloved creatures of the sea —J.L.

For Bones and Whitney –thanks for believing in us!

—K.M. & N.M.

CHAPTER ONE Too Late

On a day like any other, in the woods not far from home, Jack and Annie found a mysterious tree house.

FROG CREEK

The TV said it would stop by noon.

It’s already past noon.

But we have to go to the tree house.

I have a feeling the M person will be there today.

I’m not sure I’m ready to meet the mysterious M person.

I don’t know.

Maybe I’m afraid if we solve the mystery of M, then the magic won’t work anymore.

Why?

Well, we have to return that medallion.

Right. Then come on!

Okay.

I know. And the bookmark, too.

You get our raincoats and boots. I’ll meet you downstairs.

I don’t know. I don’t even know for sure if M is magic.

But I thought you said the cat in Egypt was sent to help us

Do you think the M person will send us another magical friend on this adventure?

I said— And the Pteranodon in dinosaur times and the knight in the Middle Ages It’s just an idea. I could be wrong.

That’s what we have to find out.

Yuck!

I hope the books aren’t getting wet.

The M person’s been here. How can you tell?

I can feel it.