Lucy sails across the sea, fixing and mending her small rickety raft, hoping to reach Far Away Island. But when a gigantic wave sweeps all the other children away, except Lucy, the Little Pirate Queen is determined to rescue everyone no matter what.

With both sails, Lucy’s boat swept along. She steered proudly at the helm, for they had all built something truly amazing …

A story about resilience, empowerment and compassion, beautifully written and illustrated by Sally Anne Garland, this is a perfect story to show children how a true hero behaves.

A great story of how working together can help you to achieve your goals, and that becoming sidetracked to help others has fantastic outcomes and rewards.–Sam Thomas

An empowering story with a strong (little) female lead that will appeal to both girls and boys.–afamilythatreads