Project Gutenberg 2005-11-27 Public domain in the USA. 197 Harte, Bret 1836 1902 Harte, Francis Bret Greenaway, Kate 1846 1901 Greenaway, K. (Kate) The Queen of the Pirate Isle Produced by Suzanne Shell, Cori Samuel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Queen of the Pirate Isle" by Bret Harte is a charming children's adventure story written in the late 19th century. This delightful tale revolves around the imaginative escapades of a young girl named Polly, who, alongside her friends, creates a fantastical world where they become pirates. The narrative explores themes of imagination, childhood innocence, and the playful nature of young play-acting amidst their everyday lives. In the story, Polly and her friends engage in a whimsical game of pirates, inventing thrilling scenarios and adventures within their nursery and surrounding environments. When Polly is whimsically declared the "Queen" of their pirate gang, the group embarks on daring exploits, including an adventurous descent down a slide that leads them to a mysterious tunnel inhabited by a comical gang of "Red Rovers." The children face their fears and partake in lighthearted interactions with these disguised miners, leading to a realization that their imaginative play may have real-world implications. Ultimately, the tale concludes with Polly's fantasies giving rise to a surprise discovery of gold, emphasizing the blend of child's play and reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Play -- Juvenile fiction Imagination -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Pirates, Buccaneers, Corsairs, etc. Children's Picture Books Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 75368 2025-08-07T10:17:55.954471 text/html 72500 2020-12-13T07:06:08 text/html 4408844 2025-08-07T10:18:02.635426 application/epub+zip 4395975 2025-08-07T10:17:58.064458 application/epub+zip 93220 2025-08-07T10:17:56.684445 application/epub+zip 4499133 2025-08-07T10:18:05.858395 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4479243 2025-08-07T10:18:00.881453 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 164564 2022-09-08T09:35:38.879934 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 59821 2025-08-07T10:17:55.428427 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 59620 2020-12-13T07:06:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 59611 2020-12-13T07:06:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22073 2025-08-07T10:18:06.036385 application/rdf+xml 14400 2025-08-07T10:17:57.179451 image/jpeg 3737 2025-08-07T10:17:56.930432 image/jpeg 23976 2020-12-13T07:06:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 4224992 2020-12-13T07:06:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 23960 2020-12-13T07:06:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 4311453 2025-08-07T10:17:56.108460 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia