Young Jack Spencer sees his father's boat-building business destroyed by a powerful land developer. Then Jack unearths three ancient scrolls that propel him on a dangerous adventure through time in search of a pirate treasure. When Jack finds himself aboard the pirate ship Revenge with Captain Jameson's crew, he enters a life or death world of ship battles, jungle islands, prison escapes, gold, and treachery. Set during the golden age of Caribbean piracy, Pirate Jack combines rollicking adventure with the moving story of a boy's love for his father and a courageous effort to save a way of life.