The Voyage to Magical North (Accidental Pirates #1)
by Claire Fayers (Author)
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.
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Gr 3-7--Brine has no recollection of her family or of why she was abandoned on a rowboat three years earlier, and at 12, she is unhappily cleaning house for the magician Magus. She and magic don't get along, however--she's allergic to it. She might as well be allergic to Magus's annoying apprentice, Peter, too. All that interests her are the books in her mentor's library. When Magus plans to give both children away to the richest man on the island, the kids take a boat and escape, only to end up in the path of notorious pirates who are not quite as terrible as legend tells. Brine and Peter quickly learn that it takes hard work to keep a ship afloat as well as the ins and outs of becoming (and staying) friends. The beautiful cover design reflects the charming adventure within; this multilayered fantasy handles a variety of themes, including the meaning of family, the ability of power to corrupt, and the importance of stories. VERDICT Upper elementary and younger middle grade fans of Lynne Jonell's The Sign of the Cat will be enchanted by Brine's high seas adventure.--Kerry Sutherland, Akron-Summit County Public Library, OH
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"Welsh author Claire Fayers buoys her seaworthy series debut The Voyage to Magical North with agreeably understated humor, over-the-top sea monsters and nuanced characters. This finely spun adventure is the very definition of swashbuckler, but also thoughtfully examines ideas of story, good vs. evil, instinct vs. rules and self-discovery. A treasure." —Shelf Awareness, starred review, on The Voyage to Magical North
JUV001020 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | Pirates
Magic
Adventure stories
Voyages and travels
JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic
JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Pirat
