Isle of Stars by Wayne Thomas Batson

Book 3 of Isle Chronicles

Summary:

The wedding of Griffin "Cat" Thorne and Anne Ross is on! Or is it? Captain Tobias Dredd, the infamous pirate "Toby Scratch," has been scouring the South Pacific, searching for Father Carroll, a member of the clandestine holy warriors known only as The Brethren. When Dredd's ship, The Red Corsair, levels a Brethren monastery, Declan Ross and the crew of The Robert Bruce are called upon to pursue Father Carroll and maintain his safety at all costs. The hunt for Father Carroll is on between Ross and Dredd. At stake: the lives of everyone involved and a treasure worth three times the world. For Father Carroll alone knows the location of The Isle of Stars, and he knows its secrets.

Opening Lines:

"You've got a lot of books for a nine-year-old, yep." Amy Pitsitakis pushed round-framed glasses up the bridge of her nose. Her owlish green eyes sparked with something close to envy as she edged along the vast bookcase in her young friend's room. "And to think...people sometimes call me a bookworm."