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The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 2, 3, 4, 5
Page count: 6

Author

Margaret
Mahy

Appeared in

Cricket Magazine Vol 18, Num 5, Jan 1991

Story Summary

A woman longs to return to the life of a pirate that she once lived and convinces her son to take her to the seashore where a chance encounter leads them both into a new life of adventure.