When Pirates Came to Brooklyn

Lee Bloom is a 10 year old Jewish girl growing up in the early 1960s in Brooklyn. She makes a new friend, Polly, who has a vivid imagination. They have wild adventures in the attic. During the year, Lee comes face to face with many forms of bigotry and friendship, discrimination, and the dangers of subtle bigotry is interwoven with the children's play, throughout the story.