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314 pp.
| Holt |
July, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-1-62779-420-6$16.99
(2)
4-6
Twelve-year-olds Brine and Peter find themselves adrift in a rowboat, lost at sea. Their luck turns when they are rescued by pirate captain Cassie O'Pia and her crew aboard the Onion. Fayers's fantastical world--complete with invisible polar bears and man-eating penguins--makes the ship's voyage fraught with dangers, but the crew is stout-hearted and quite funny. This pirate yarn rollicks with the best of them.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2016