A review by williamsdebbied
Jack Plank Tells Tales by Natalie Babbitt

4.0

Jack Plank is not a very good pirate. Even though the other pirates like him, they can't afford to feed him when he doesn't do his share of plundering. They take him ashore to a small town where he takes a room in a boarding house and searches for a job.

Each evening he returns to the boarding house, discouraged, because there is a reason why each job he considers is not the job for him.

Jack finally does find his calling in a sweet and funny ending that will not surprise readers who have been paying attention.