The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story - Sid Fleischman

Newly orphaned Buddy Stebbins stumbles onto the 13th floor of a shabby building and finds himself transported 300 years in the past. Anything can happen--and it does--in this comic fireworks of a novel from the author of The Whipping Boy. Illustrations. \n \nWhen Buddy Stebbins stumbles onto the thirteenth floor of a shabby old building, he finds himself suddenly transported aboard a leaking pirate ship in a howling storm--three hundred years in the past Cast adrift with Captain John Crack-stone, Buddy washes up in New England, where his plucky ancestor, Abigail, is caught up in the witchcraft mania. In an adventure filled with ghosts, witches, pirates, and razzle-dazzle treasure, Buddy might be able to save his wayward ancestors. But will he find his way back to the thirteenth floor--and home?\n