The Dust of 100 Dogs, by A. S. King, tells the story of Emer Morrisey, famed teenage pirate. After her family is killed in Ireland, her uncle sells her to be the bride of a man in France. Upon arrival in Paris, she escapes and lives in the Parisian underground until hitching a ride to the Caribbean. Once there, she finds herself aboard a pirate ship. Eventually, Emer gets her own ship and crew and eventually is reunited with Sean, her true love. After making plans with Sean to give up the pirating life and live happily every after, they set off to Jamaica to begin their new lives. While burying treasure on the beach, the scorned Frenchman kills Sean and curses Emer to live the "lives of 100 dogs."
Flash forward 300 years and 100 dog lives later...Emer has now been reborn as a person with all her memories in tact and only one thing on her mind--getting back to Jamaica and the treasure she left there so many years ago.
