”…I rang the ‘get out on the deck or get thrown overboard’ bell.”

Hahaha, that’s awesome. I thought it was interesting, although the description at the beginning prior to the stowaway’s discovery is a little awkward and could be smoothed out. However, I think it’s quite good for someone in the fifth grade. I still have some of my writings from that age, and they aren’t as good as this. Keep it up!

pretty good smarty! Your descriptions are superb! I love the suspense and the elation of the pirate at the end. Read over the last sentence of the first paragraph, though. It was grammatically confusing.