Pirates! The True and Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates — Content Guide for Parents
Found in this book
- ViolenceSupporting
- Scary contentBrief
- Race & cultureSupporting
- Gender rolesSupportingChallenges traditional roles
Not found
- Religion
- Climate
- Sexual content
- Gender & orientation
Couldn't confirm
- Profanity
- Profanity: The sources say nothing about the language in the book.
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Religion
PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Pirates! The True and Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates appropriate for a 7-year-old?
Nancy shoots and kills a man, a slave overseer is cruel to Minerva, and the pirates fight pitched battles. After the shooting, Nancy is wanted for murder and a man connected to her brother stalks her.
Does Pirates! The True and Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates have violence?
Found (Supporting): Nancy shoots and kills a man, a slave overseer is cruel to Minerva, and the pirates fight pitched battles.
Does Pirates! The True and Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates have scary content?
Found (Brief): After the shooting, Nancy is wanted for murder and a man connected to her brother stalks her.
Does Pirates! The True and Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates have religion?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Pirates! The True and Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates have race & culture?
Found (Supporting): Minerva is an enslaved Black woman on a Jamaican plantation who is treated cruelly, and slavery is part of the story.
Does Pirates! The True and Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates have profanity?
Couldn't confirm: The sources say nothing about the language in the book.
Does Pirates! The True and Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Pirates! The True and Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates have sexual content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Pirates! The True and Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates have gender roles?
Found (Supporting, Challenges traditional roles): The story is set at a time when girls were expected to stay home and men went to sea, and Nancy is sent to be married off and rebels against it.
Does Pirates! The True and Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
