This young adult novel was published in 2018. Jack Rackam says he became a pirate when he was 13 on a ship that was attacked by pirates. He works as a cabin boy and the captain abuses him. As a child Anne Bonny moves to Charleston from Ireland. She marries James when she is 14… Continue reading The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara
Category: 2010s
The Devil’s Wind by Steve Goble
This installment in the Spider John mystery series was published in 2018 and features Anne Bonny as a suspect in the central murder. She wants to kill a pirate named Wicked Pete Reese for unexplained reasons. A different pirate, Sam Smoke, takes a job on the ship Austen Castle, and Anne assumes he is going… Continue reading The Devil’s Wind by Steve Goble
Diccionario pirata by Rafael Estrada
This book was published in 2017. According to Estrada, Mary Read was born in 1690 and Jack "Rackhan" wore silk. Ann Bonney grows up in Port Royal and is 13 when she kills a maid. She and her husband run a tavern in New Providence. Anne is 18 years old in 1719, when she and… Continue reading Diccionario pirata by Rafael Estrada
The Long-Lost Secret Diary of the World’s Worst Pirate by Tim Collins
This kids' book was published in 2017. It says John Rackham was born in 1682 and was attacked by the British navy.
A Pirate’s Life for She: Swashbuckling Women Through the Ages by Laura Sook Duncombe
This book was published in 2019. Sook Duncombe writes that Jack Rackham was born in England in the 17th century. Mary Read's mother receives money from her mother-in-law even before she begins the identity theft scheme, and this is the mother's only income. The brother dies before Mary is born. Anne Bonny's father is William… Continue reading A Pirate’s Life for She: Swashbuckling Women Through the Ages by Laura Sook Duncombe
Ireland’s Pirate Trail: A Quest to Uncover Our Swashbuckling Past by Des Ekin
This book was published in 2018. Ekin adds some dialogue and narration at some points of the story. He writes that Jack Rackham was born in England and Anne Bonny in Bullen's Bay in 1697. Ekin gives her maiden name as Cormac, but also says there is no proof her parents were William Cormac and… Continue reading Ireland’s Pirate Trail: A Quest to Uncover Our Swashbuckling Past by Des Ekin
Beyond Beauport by James Masciarelli
This novel was published in 2018. The main character, Shannon, learns she is descended from Anne Bonny and Jack Rackham. Jack was from Suffolk and had an older brother named James. Jack went to the Caribbean when he was 32 and spent three years there. He visited New Providence by summer 1717. When he deposed… Continue reading Beyond Beauport by James Masciarelli
The Big Scream!: The 100 Creepiest, Most Disgusting, Horrifying Things You Should Know by Fiona Macdonald
This children's book was published in 2018. Mary Read is born in Plymouth and Anne Bonny's maiden name is Cormac. Anne and Jack Rackham sell slaves and take Mary prisoner.
Fadó: Tales of Lesser Known Irish History by Rónán Gearóid Ó Domhnaill
This book was published in 2013 and includes an entry for Anne Bonney, who Ó Domhnaill says was born in Kinsale to William Cormac and Mary Brennan. Anne grows up in Charleston and marries James Bonney, who is from Bristol, when she is 16. The baby she has in Cuba is stillborn. Jack Rackham steals… Continue reading Fadó: Tales of Lesser Known Irish History by Rónán Gearóid Ó Domhnaill
Fire on Dark Water by Wendy K. Perriman
This novel was published in 2011. The story is told from the point of view of Lola, the servant stabbed by Anne Bonny, whose father William Cormac grows rice on a plantation called Black River. Anne is a brat but teaches Lola to read and write. Anne's mother Mary gets "marsh fever" and dies when… Continue reading Fire on Dark Water by Wendy K. Perriman
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 