Empowerment Female characters Identity
Molly Rogers, pirate girl
Summary:
Two terrible pirates, Captain Firebeard and Horrible Haddock, kidnap a little girl Molly Rogers. However, the pirates do not realise what a fearless little girl they have just kidnapped and Molly will cause all kinds of problems for them!
Edited by:
Dublin City University
Author(s):
Funke, Cornelia
Illustrator(s):
Matyjaszek, Kasia
Translator(s):
Wright, Chantal
Publisher:
Barrington Stoke
City:
Edinburgh
Year:
2017
Pages:
32
ISBN:
9781781126929
Age Range:
6 - 10
Language:
EN
Original Language:
DE
Keywords:
Empowerment, Female characters, Identity
Comment:
Molly is presented as a brave and fearless girl, who refuses to cower in fear at all of the typical pirate threats. Further disrupting this typical power dynamic is another powerful female character: Molly’s mother, whose fierceness unnerves the pirates.