Piratica II: Return to Parot Island

Piratica II, obviously the second book in the Piratica series by Tanith Lee, has Art and crew back at sea.

Captain Art Piratica and crew have been living in Free England since the end of the first book. All but Felix is anxious to get back to sea. As England is about to go to war with France over France's oppressive monarchy, all pirates and sailors are needed to help the war effort. Art and crew, back on the Unwelcome Stranger are at sea with a mission to harass the French navy whenever possible.

Of course, the real goal is to get back to the island where they found the treasure maps. But there is danger at sea - not only from Goldie Girl - but from Mary Hell, the captain of a black ship that catches pirates in its web-like nets and sends them to the bottom of the ocean.

Will Captain Piractica and crew be safe from Mary Hell because they attack to steal but not to harm?


Lee, Tanith. (2006). Piratica II. New York: Dutton Children's Books.

Piratica

Piratica: Being a Daring Tale of a Singular Girl's Adventure Upon the High Sea by Tanith Lee.

Artemesia has spent the last six years at the Angels Academy for Young Maidens. She does not remember anything of her life before coming to the school. Then, after a bump on the head, she remembers her previous life...

Her mother, Piratica, was a pirate. She was feared in the seven seas, but she never killed the people on the ships she captured. She was an ethical pirate! Art was with her mother and the crew until a canon exploded, she lost her memory, and her father sent her to boarding school.

As soon as Art gets her memory back, she discards her dresses for boy's clothes and escapes the school. Her goal is to find her mother's crew and join them.

This novel could be the typical girl pirate story if not for one twist. Art's memories may not be as accurate as she thinks. Was her mother really a famous pirate? Or is her memory playing tricks on her?

Lee, Tanith. (2003). Piratica. New York: Dutton Children's Books.