When Pirates Came to Brooklyn |
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| Author:
| Shalant, Phyllis |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4401-8338-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2010 |
| Publisher: | iUniverse, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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Lee Bloom is drawn to the mysterious house on Ave J, where she meets Polly Burke, a girl who has indoor shipwrecks and poisoned-tea parties, and is taking flying lessons.Soon Polly recruits Lee to help fight the pirates that are coming to Brooklyn in a cloudship galleon. But pirates aren't the only menace in Brooklyn in 1960. The bigotry of the girls' mothers threatens to destroy their friendship, unless they can figure out a way around it-or above it!
*Best Books of 2002, Bank...
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Lee Bloom is drawn to the mysterious house on Ave J, where she meets Polly Burke, a girl who has indoor shipwrecks and poisoned-tea parties, and is taking flying lessons.Soon Polly recruits Lee to help fight the pirates that are coming to Brooklyn in a cloudship galleon. But pirates aren't the only menace in Brooklyn in 1960. The bigotry of the girls' mothers threatens to destroy their friendship, unless they can figure out a way around it-or above it!
*Best Books of 2002, Bank Street College of Education
*Top 10 Books for Youth About Religion, Booklist