Bluecrowne (Greenglass House #3)

by Kate Milford (Author)

Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade

Return to the world of the bestselling Greenglass House, where smugglers, magic, and pyrotechnics mix, in a new adventure from a New York Times best-selling, National Book Award-nominated, and Edgar Award-winning author.

Lucy Bluecrowne is beginning a new life ashore with her stepmother and half brother, though she's certain the only place she'll ever belong is with her father on a ship of war as part of the crew. She doesn't care that living in a house is safer and the proper place for a twelve-year-old girl; it's boring. But then two nefarious strangers identify her little brother as the pyrotechnical prodigy they need to enact an evil plan, and it will take all Lucy's fighting instincts to keep her family together.

Set in the magical Greenglass House world, this action-packed tale of the house's first inhabitants reveals the origins of some of its many secrets.

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School Library Journal

Cleverly pulling together Milford's earlier works, this prequel to The Greenglass House is the origin story of the house itself, and gives fans more insight into the world of Nagspeake. Twelve-year-old Lucy Bluecrowne grew up aboard the Left Handed Fate, living the life of a privateer's daughter. After a serious injury, her father has decided Lucy should live ashore with her stepmother, the beautiful Lady Xiaoming, and her stepbrother, Laio. Her father has even built a house for them atop the highest hill in Nagspeake. Lucy is furious; the sea is in her blood. On the suggestion of Laio, the pair goes to the harbor to see about procuring a barky to fix up to sail on the river. It is no accident that the two children run into roamer Foulk Trigemine and conflagrationeer Ignis Blister. Roamers use science to travel through time and conflagrationeers control fire—it just so happens that Laio has a talent with fireworks, and this is not the first time Foulk has "seen" Lucy. Both Foulk and Ignis are on missions involving the Bluecrowne family. This somewhat complicated amalgamation of story lines is resplendent with time travel, Chinese folklore, nautical explanations, and the history of Nagspeake. VERDICT This is a sophisticated tale filled with masterful world building, time travel, science, and nautical life. Ideal for confident readers looking for a challenge.—Stacy Dillon, LREI, New York

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Review quotes

"Milford tucks strange places, odd artifacts, and people with mysterious pasts into a suspenseful tale properly supplied with sinister villains, clever twists, large explosions, and heartbreaking sacrifices...A tale to sweep new and confirmed fans into the author's distinctively imagined blend of history, magic, mythology, chemistry, and nautical lore. "—Kirkus, STARRED review

"The engrossing adventure, as well as the thoughtful depiction of a blended, multicultural family, are all draws enough on their own, but the glimpse of Milford's bewitching world-building will leave readers eager to track down her other novels."—Booklist, STARRED review 

Kate Milford

Kate Milford is the author of the novels The Broken Lands and The Boneshaker, as well as the crowdfunded novella The Kairos Mechanism. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit the tourism website of fictional Nagspeake (where Greenglass House is located) at www.nagspeake.com and Kate's personal website at www.clockworkfoundry.com.

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780358097549
Lexile Measure
840
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Clarion Books
Publication date
January 14, 2020
Series
Greenglass House
BISAC categories
JUV037000 - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
JUV001000 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
JUV012030 - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore | General
JUV013070 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
JUV058000 - Juvenile Fiction | Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural
JUV013080 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Blended Families
Library of Congress categories
Brothers and sisters
Robbers and outlaws
JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Gener
Supernatural
Paranormal fiction
Stepmothers
Outlaws
JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings
JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic
Chinese Americans
JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / G
Fireworks
School Library Connection, 11/01/18

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