The Gift of the Pirate Queen (1982)

by Patricia Reilly Giff

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Sixth-grader Grace, her mother dead and her only sister ill with diabetes, learns to be brave like the pirate queen Grace O'Malley, whom her Irish cousin says she resembles.

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lcslibrarian | Aug 13, 2020 |

Sweet story...taking some time to be a kid again and read some less intense books. (

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whybehave2002 | Feb 4, 2015 |

A bit disappointing after the title, but still a good book. Grace O'Malley has to deal with a diabetic little sister and a new relative who moves in to help keep house after her mother dies. (

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SusieBookworm | Sep 13, 2007 |

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Rutherford, Jenny	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee – Grades 4-8 – 1986)

Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee)

Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee – 1985)

Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee – Honeybee (Chapter Book) – 1985)

Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee – Children's – 1985)

Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee – 1987)

Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee – Intermediate – 1987)

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Sixth-grader Grace, her mother dead and her only sister ill with diabetes, learns to be brave like the pirate queen Grace O'Malley, whom her Irish cousin says she resembles.

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