Ancell's Quest

Laughing Jack, the most merciless of pirates, kidnaps unloved children. Ancell, a timid, dreaming hedgehog, learns he is the only one who can rescue them. No heroic adventurer, Ancell discovers to his dismay that only he can rescue the children who have been kidnapped by the terrifying pirate, Laughing Jack. Forever fearful, he sets sail with the all-knowing sea otter captain of the schooner Misty...