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Loading... Pirates! (2003)by Celia Rees
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. It's not perfect, but two girls defying society's prescribed roles for them in epic ways and building an unshakeable bond is satisfying. ( ) This was simply a light, fun read. The story and sea travel is historically accurate enough, but bends the truth when it would get in the way of the adventure. I liked both protagonists and loved that Rees did not fall back on the black-sidekick trope. Rees also gave me the feeling that nearly all her side character had their own lives and adventures. I love complex stories like 'A Song of Ice and Fire', but after about five hundred Lord Whatnot from Whoknowswhere with light brown hair, slightly crooked nose and a scar behind the right earlobe it is nice to have clear cut, distinguishable side characters. If you are looking for a book to read for a day at the beach, take this one. no reviews | add a review
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In 1722, after arriving with her brother at the family's Jamaican plantation where she is to be married off, sixteen-year-old Nancy Kington escapes with her slave friend, Minerva Sharpe, and together they become pirates traveling the world in search of treasure. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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