by Luísa Costa Gomes · Dom Quixote · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722031950
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«A Pirata» is the adventure novel by Luísa Costa Gomes, published by Dom Quixote in paperback (224 pages, in Portuguese).
Based on the portrait that Captain Charles Johnson left of Mary Read, one of the few female pirates on record. Born in England at the end of the 17th century and raised as a boy, she enlisted in Queen Anne's army, fought in Flanders and ended up captured in Jamaica alongside Calico Jack Rackam and Anne Bonny.
The novel belongs to the Lusophone Literature collection and is listed as recommended reading by Portugal's National Reading Plan for the 7th year of schooling.
Written with simplicity and humor, it is an action and adventure read for all ages, especially appealing to young readers.
