Nick Chapman was a primary school teacher for many years specialising in music. As such he wrote tailor-made musicals for the schools in which he worked. Once retired from the classroom he decided to expand and extend the stories he had invented as musicals with scripts, into prose as books for children. In addition, he has always enjoyed drawing and painting so naturally he has illustrated his writing.
Jamaica Jones and the Treasure of the Haunted School takes readers on an adventure spanning centuries. In 1699, a riverside village witnesses the intense rivalry between John Jones, now the infamous pirate ‘Jamaica’ Jones, and Josia Cain, now Admiral Josia Cain of the Royal Navy. Amidst hoards ...