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Do you hear the distant drums? And what about that weird screaming …
Emma Blackwell used to love mermaids. Jonah Blackwell used to love pirates. And William Blackwell tried to be a good captain. Which he would be, if he could get his twin brother and sister to stop fighting long enough to sail their boat, the Peregrine, across the bay. But after the Blackwells see a phantom ship, barely survive a terrible storm, and then mysteriously wake up with seaweed in their mouths, everything changes.
They’re becalmed in fog. They run aground on a strange island. They hear distant drums, and their weird adventure begins! The Blackwells face zombie pirates, terrifying mermaids, and a shipwrecked group of cursed ship’s figureheads, including a Roman gladiator and an English knight, all led by the strange dolphin-boy, Finn.
It’ll make a great sea yarn one day, if they can just survive it.
Emma Blackwell used to love mermaids. Jonah Blackwell used to love pirates. And William Blackwell tried to be a good captain. Which he would be, if he could get his twin brother and sister to stop fighting long enough to sail their boat, the Peregrine, across the bay. But after the Blackwells see a phantom ship, barely survive a terrible storm, and then mysteriously wake up with seaweed in their mouths, everything changes.
They’re becalmed in fog. They run aground on a strange island. They hear distant drums, and their weird adventure begins! The Blackwells face zombie pirates, terrifying mermaids, and a shipwrecked group of cursed ship’s figureheads, including a Roman gladiator and an English knight, all led by the strange dolphin-boy, Finn.
It’ll make a great sea yarn one day, if they can just survive it.
Price: $9.99
Pages: 144
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Series: Weird Stories Gone Wrong
Publication Date:
23 October 2018
Trim Size: 8.00 X 5.00 in
ISBN: 9781459741065
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy & magical realism, JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Pirates, JUVENILE FICTION / Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action & adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror & ghost stories, chillers
All-hands-on-deck for sea-faring fun complete with zombie pirates, a ghost ship, and screaming mermaids. I’ve loved this series from the beginning, and hope for more!
Its fast pace, short chapters, accompanying illustrations, and simple use of language will also make it accessible to reluctant readers.
An adventure full of creatures both terrifying & wonderful... perfect for reading aloud in a family setting.
Its fast pace, short chapters, accompanying illustrations, and simple use of language will also make it accessible to reluctant readers.
An adventure full of creatures both terrifying & wonderful... perfect for reading aloud in a family setting.
Philippa Dowding is an award-winning children’s author, a poet, and a copywriter. Her many literary nominations include the Silver Birch Express, Red Cedar, and Red Maple awards. She lives in Toronto.