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Eames, Brian
2 Reviews
(4)
4-6
In The Dagger Quick, twelve-year-old Kitto left seventeenth-century England for the high seas. Now stranded on an island, Kitto meets strangers whose pasts relate to each other and to his own, including pirate X and escaped Wampanoag slave girl Ontoquas. Clear characterization affords accessibility to this coincidence-heavy sequel, which balances its caring figures with callous, murderous ones. Glos.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax
(3)
4-6
Kitto, a clubfooted cooper's apprentice in seventeenth-century England, longs to go to sea. After his father is murdered, the boy, armed with the dagger Dad left him, finds himself on his pirate uncle's ship with only his own judgment to tell him whom to trust. Action abounds in the story, with just enough information held back to keep readers guessing.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax
2 reviews
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