We Are Pirates
Daniel Handler
Rated: 2.88 of 5 stars
2.88
· 16 ratings · 289 pages · Published: 03 Feb 2015
A boat has gone missing. Goods have been stolen. There is blood in the water. It is the twenty-first century and a crew of pirates is terrorizing the San Francisco Bay.
Phil is a husband, a father, a struggling radio producer, and the owner of a large condo with a view of the water. But he’d like to be a rebel and a fortune hunter.
Gwen is his daughter. She’s fourteen. She’s a student, a swimmer, and a best friend. But she’d like to be an adventurer and an outlaw.
Phil teams up with his young, attractive assistant. They head for the open road, attending a conference to seal a deal.
Gwen teams up with a new, fierce friend and some restless souls. They head for the open sea, stealing a boat to hunt for treasure.
We Are Pirates is a novel about our desperate searches for happiness and freedom, about our wild journeys beyond the boundaries of our ordinary lives.
Also, it’s about a teenage girl who pulls together a ragtag crew to commit mayhem in the San Francisco Bay, while her hapless father tries to get her home.
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- fantasy 4
- action / adventure 3
- outlaw 3
- funny 3
- contemporary 3
- realistic 2
- comedy 2
- mystery 2
- friendship 2
- satire 2
- lgbtq+ 2
- teens 1
- coming of age 1
- dark 1
- literary fiction 1
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- young adult 3
- book 1