What can I say... if you have youth who like fantasy... these books will not disappoint. :) Cleverly written with humour... it works!
Enter a girl (Brine), add a boy (Peter), an evil magician, a bunch of pirates (with their own set of rules) and a girl who isn't plus..throw in an unusual quest.. perhaps an impossible one. Can they do it? Will they survive? Is it a hoax? Will evil triumph? NOW THAT is the question.
I absolutely refuse to tell you too much about the story. I want you to dive right in and enjoy it from start to finish. Use your brain, try to see where the story is going, quotes at the beginning of the chapter lend a clue. BUT Brine is trying to find her place in the world, Peter is trying to be a decent magician, Pirates well.. they want to be the best pirates they can be, and well .. evil will be what evil is right... even clothed in an odd ball figure!
Know this.. the characters are real, their struggles seeming insurmountable.. but through it all they build their friendships, their loyalties are tested, their characters developed and life is lived. This is not a humdrum book, but one full of life and wit.
Watch out for the penguins... seriously....
Book Synopsis:
A swashbuckling story of a girl and a boy, an evil magician, a merry band of pirates, and an unthinkable quest.
Twelve-year-old Brine Seaborne is a girl with a past - if only she could remember what it is. Found alone in a rowboat as a child, clutching a shard of the rare starshell needed for spell-casting, she's spent the past years keeping house for an irritable magician and his obnoxious apprentice, Peter.
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Author: Claire Fayers
Publisher: Square Face
336 pages
Ages 8-12 years
Series: Accidental Pirates
Reviewed for: Raincoast Books
What are you waiting for? Get this book! Not just for your middle schooler...but for yourself!
Amazon.ca - The Voyage to Magical North
Amazon.com - The Voyage to Magical North (The Accidental Pirates)
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Sounds fun for the girls. Will be looking it up.
ReplyDeletethey are both great books. Once my son is done the cat series i hope to get him reading these as well.
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