Learning Guide

Lilly and the Pirates

by Phyllis Root · Ages 8–12 · Grades 3–5

Ten-year-old Lilly keeps a worry journal — and her biggest fear is water. When her scientist parents wreck near the Shipwreck Islands hunting the frangipani fruit fly, she must leave Great-Uncle Ernest's library, face the sea, and outsmart treasure-hungry pirates to bring them home.