The Pirate Captain's Daughter by Eve Bunting is the tale of a girl joining her father on the open seas.Catherine knows her father is a pirate even though he tells her that he is a Navy Captain. He is away for months at a time while she lives with her sick mother.
When her mother dies, her father comes home to comfort her. He suggests she move in with an elderly aunt, but she insists on joining him on his ship.
Of course, it is bad luck to have a woman aboard according to pirate lore, so Catherine cuts her hair, changes her clothes and is introduced to the crew as Charlie.
Bunting's tale of piracy has none of the swashbuckling fun of some pirate adventures, but show a more brutal side of lawless men bent on murder and pillage. Though listed as a young adult book, it feels more appropriate for tween readers.
Bunting, Eve. (2010). The Pirate Captain's Daughter. Ann Arbor, MI: Sleeping Bear Press.
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