In 1722, after arriving with her brother at the family's Jamaican plantation where she is to be married off, 16-year-old Nancy Kingston escapes with her slave friend, Minerva Sharpe, and together they become pirates traveling the world in search of treasure. IOWA HIGH SCHOOL AWARD 2006 - 2007 Interest Level: YA Reading Level: 5.9 ATOS Book Level: 5.4 AR Interest Level: UG AR Points: 14 AR Quiz: 75433EN Reading Counts Level: 6.9 Reading Counts Points: 20 Lexile Measure: 800 Fountas & Pinnell: Z+.