Project Gutenberg 2006-03-27 Public domain in the USA. 98 Harte, Bret 1836 1902 Harte, Francis Bret The Queen of the Pirate Isle Reading ease score: 70.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #17168 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Children%27s_literature/Selected_picture/4 Produced by Donald Lainson; David Widger "The Queen of the Pirate Isle" by Bret Harte is a children's story written in the late 19th century. This whimsical tale follows the imaginative adventures of a young girl named Polly, who accidentally becomes the queen of a pirate band formed by her friends during a game in their nursery. The book delves into themes of childhood imagination, play, and the blurring of reality and fantasy. In the story, Polly and her companions, Hickory and Wan Lee, engage in elaborate games of make-believe, with Polly assuming the role of their pirate queen. Their adventures lead them to create elaborate narratives filled with pirate escapades, imaginary captures, and playful conflicts. The climax occurs when they stumble upon a cave that houses a group of miners disguised as pirates, leading to unexpected revelations about friendship, bravery, and the nature of their games. Ultimately, the story portrays the innocence and creativity of childhood while highlighting the depth and complexity of young imaginations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en American fiction -- 19th century Pirates -- Juvenile fiction Fantasy games -- Juvenile fiction Gold mines and mining -- California -- Juvenile fiction Stanislaus River (Calif.) -- Juvenile fiction PZ PS Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 69790 69791 2024-11-02T04:52:21.024977 2023-10-02T04:54:04.207635 text/html text/html 67022 2019-08-08T10:36:18 text/html; charset=utf-8 24487 2019-08-08T10:36:40 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 92014 2024-11-02T04:52:25.227927 application/epub+zip 90870 2024-11-02T04:52:22.850975 application/epub+zip 90870 2024-11-02T04:52:21.684954 application/epub+zip 209085 2024-11-02T04:52:26.979935 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 201688 2024-11-02T04:52:24.521941 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162982 2022-09-02T06:04:05.919773 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 57820 57797 2024-11-02T04:52:20.746960 2023-10-02T04:54:03.898652 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 58135 2018-03-05T08:43:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 23052 2018-03-19T10:29:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 57582 2006-05-27T12:43:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22949 2006-05-27T12:43:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22597 2024-11-02T04:52:27.111935 application/rdf+xml 14400 2024-11-02T04:52:22.221944 image/jpeg 3737 2024-11-02T04:52:21.950947 image/jpeg 89737 2024-11-02T04:52:21.032955 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia