Title: The Voyage to Magical North (The Accidental Pirates, #1)
Author: Claire Fayers
Pages: 320
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Release date: 5th July 2016
Blurb from Goodreads:
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.
When Brine and Peter get themselves into a load of trouble and flee, they blunder into the path of the legendary pirate ship the Onion. Before you can say "pieces of eight," they're up to their necks in the pirates' quest to find Magical North, a place so shrouded in secrets and myth that most people don't even think it exists. If Brine is lucky, she’ll find her place in the world. And if she's unlucky, everyone on the ship will be eaten by sea monsters. It could really go either way.
When Brine and Peter get themselves into a load of trouble and flee, they blunder into the path of the legendary pirate ship the Onion. Before you can say "pieces of eight," they're up to their necks in the pirates' quest to find Magical North, a place so shrouded in secrets and myth that most people don't even think it exists. If Brine is lucky, she’ll find her place in the world. And if she's unlucky, everyone on the ship will be eaten by sea monsters. It could really go either way.
My Review:
*I
received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to
Macmillan Children's Publishing Group and NetGalley*
Twelve-year-old
Brine was found in a boat with only a piece of starshell, something that allows
magicians to harness power. Ever since, she has been a housekeeper for a
magician and his annoying apprentice Peter.
When the
magician announces some changes, Brine and Peter flee, only to find themselves
rescued by the crew of the Onion, a pirate ship captained by the legendary
Cassie O'Pia.
A series
of events then sees the duo on a dangerous quest to find Magical North.
Will the
Onion make it to Magical North?
Will Brine
find out about her past?
The Voyage
to Magical North was a fun, middle grade book.
The
characters were okay but I didn't have any favourites.
The plot
was quite fast paced but it didn't hold my attention and I found myself
skim-reading.
The idea
of Magical North was intriguing and I liked that there was a library that men
couldn't enter.
Overall
this was an okay read but I lost interest.
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