This is the story of Jack Galley, a bullied schoolboy who finds a way to pirate school where he has a series of swashbuckling adventures.
Tormented by bullies and the sinister teacher Mr. van Zyl, Jack Galley is befriended by the gruff school janitor, Old Harry. Under Harry's watchful eye, Jack finds the Third Bell, an old ship’s bell that has a special power. It leads him to Pirate School where he finds out that he is not an ordinary boy at all.