Due to her father's fears, Eleanor Addiyah Bailly has lived her life mostly in solitude. Her partial African heritage has him fearful that being found out in their small English town may lead to a hanging. This life could be bearable for Ellie, understanding her father's reasoning for wanting her to stay hidden. However, when he befalls a terrible sickness and is no longer able to work, Ellie fears for the worst. When news arrives that a pirate ship is stopping at their town's port, she knows this may be her only opportunity to not only save her father, but also start living her life in the open. Joining Captain Cain's ship while pretending to be a boy is not met with anything she could've ever expected. As she learns more tales from the pirate crew and remembers the stories she grew up hearing, she realizes life is not as lovely as the four walls of her home made it seem. In fact, nothing is as she knew it. Not even her own self... As she goes through this venture, gaining a pirate tale all her own, it becomes uncertain if this decision would have been worth it. Quite honestly, it might've been better to allow a slow death to take her in her little town, rather than learning more and more painful tales and having the ever-looming possibility of dying at sea hanging over her head.
25 parts