On the Horizon by Jasmine Levell

"Climb the rigging!" screamed the piercing voice of Captain Killerbone, "and prepare for war!" And all over the 'Blood-thirsty cannibal', men were hoisting the sails and putting gun powder in the canons.

Suddenly, the sound of war cries could be heard from a distance. I, the only female pirate, was standing on the cockpit, repeating the captain's orders to scrawny pirates. I, like Captain Killerbone, am not in the slightest bit scared, for every time my mother went into battle, sh ecame out alive (well, alll of them except the one she died in).