cover image The Ballad of the Pirate Queens

The Ballad of the Pirate Queens

Jane Yolen. Voyager Paperbacks, $7 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-15-201885-6

Based on a 1720 incident in which two female pirates escaped a death sentence because they were pregnant, this rollicking ballad is ""offbeat and grimly amusing,"" said PW. Ages 4-12. (Aug.)