Themes in Brandy, Ballad of a Pirate Princess

[Amenrodion]

The themes explored in this book are: betrayal, strength, fortitude, determination, survival, family, friendship, love etc.

[Damian Keyes]

Forgiveness is a theme that was discussed when Ben and Elise decided to forgive Captain Joshua for something that they thought he did. Davonte was a good character because she forgave Ben and Elise for not telling her who her father was and she gave that same grace to Brandy due to her father's actions.

[Yasmine M]

The first theme we come across is family love and family bond. Then comes betrayal, loyalty, self-sacrifice, survival and slavery, romance, hope and faith.

[Maryam Bashir]

The author mainly focused on betrayal which is expected in a book about pirates where money and power are the main motivations. I did notice other themes though such as; romance, religion, sacrifice and loyalty.

[Ebi Robert]

Sacrifice is one thing that comes with deep reflection and consideration. One has to abandon a lot to do it. This book seems to have this theme on point, SACRIFICE.

[Ibunyi]

Betrayal is the most important theme I would associate with Brandy.

[Luv Emmanuel]

One theme I cannot stop thinking about is perseverance. Brandy did not know how to give up. She went through a lot, but she refused to stop going after what she truly wanted.

If she were a real han, I would seriously consider making her my role model

[Essy Nma]

The theme of betrayal stood prominent in the book. Other themes like family, love, slavery, and revenge are seen in the book.

[Drmol]

There are several themes in this book, but my favorite is sacrifice. Brandy's mother sacrificed herself for her daughter, demonstrating the mother's love and demonstrating that a mother can do anything for her child's well-being.

[Delioness]

Apart from betrayal, the book also contains themes of slavery, love, friendship, and most importantly, loyalty. That's what appealed to me the most.

[Kavita Shah]

Themes included in the book are family, faith, love, betrayal, survival. Betrayal being the major theme.

[Rica Singh]

It was obvious that betrayal is the main theme, but reading through some replies here was mindblowing. I didn't think about some of the themes that the others have mentioned. Really gives a different perspective to the book!

[Waliyat_24]

Apart from betrayal like you indicated, we could also see the display of slavery, love, family, and even war.

[Favour Ojonugwa]

The themes in the book were slavery, war, self sacrifice, love, family and betrayal which was major theme.

[Piper Lehr]

Anti-racism is definitely a huge one. I am certain that at least part of the reason for Hendrickson's inclusion of Davonte was because he wanted to highlight what discrimination looked like in that time period.