The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates: Magic Marks the Spot is the first book in the new middle grade series, Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates. The second book in the series is due out in September.I loved that the main character is a girl who wants to be a pirate. She tries hard to...
RezensionInhaltHilary möchte Pritatin werden, Säbelrasseln, Wasser trete, Knotenknüpfen und Schätze ausgraben. Das wollte sie eigentlich schon immer. Leider sind ihre Eltern (Vater: Marineoffizier, Mutter High-Socity-Dame) nicht sehr begeistert davon. So muss Hilary ihr Abenteuer ohne Segen und f...
I have not enjoyed a book this much since I read the first Harry Potter (and all the rest in the series.) The writing is superb, giving just enough description to paint a picture in the reader's mind or a deft turn of phrase and trusting the reader to fill in the rest. It is clever. It is funny. ...
The interaction between characters are great. Hilary Westfield has taken the title of the Terror the the Southlands. She had found the hoard of magic that the Enchantress had hid and was in very good standing with the group called the Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates. That was a year ag...
Jasper hurried through the hall in search of his cuff links, Charlie grudgingly ironed his best shirt, and Miss Greyson tricked the gargoyle into a washtub, where, against his wishes, she proceeded to give him a bath. “Hilary!” he cried from the washtub. “Rescue me! I feel very undignified.” “I’m...
SAID HILARY. “I simply can’t.” Admiral Westfield rubbed his ears, as though he hadn’t heard Hilary properly. “What did you say, my dear?” Charlie stepped forward before Hilary could stop him. “She won’t let you have that treasure,” he said, “and neither will I.” He grabbed a porcelain-handled let...