It is not down on any map; true places never are.
Maya Nelson isn't your typical thirteen-year-old. She's spent her whole life living on the sea with her marine biologist parents, her younger brother, Simon, and baby sister, Penny. Maya used to love living on a sailboat, but lately, everything feels terribly claustrophobic. Maya longs to go to school on land. To make friends. To lead a normal life. But when a violent storm hits and Maya's parents are washed overboard, life becomes anything but normal. The children manage to steer the boat toward a mysterious island, to a place that doesn't exist on a map.
Welcome to Tamarind, where fish can fly, pirates patrol the waters, jaguars lurk, the islanders are at war, and an evil, child-stealing enchantress rules the jungle.
Maya never imagined she'd have to face so many dangers. But then, who could have imagined a place like Tamarind?
In her stunning first middle grade novel, The Lost Island of Tamarind, Nadia Aguiar tells a heart-pounding adventure story about a haunting, fantastical island cut off from the outside world. The adventure continues in book two, Secrets of Tamarind, and book three, The Great Wave of Tamarind.
âThe bookâs magic . . . lies in Aguiarâs precise, often lyrical descriptions.â âThe New York Times Book Review
âAguiarâs exciting debut novel is a cross between Peter Pan and Lost.â âPublishers Weekly, starred review
âSpunky kids, perilous pursuits and marine mystery make for a smashing good read.â â
Kirkus Reviews
âEach detail of this fantasy is crafted with care; readers will be drawn into this dangerous, magical world where anything is possible.â âSchool Library Journal
Categories:
- Teen & Young Adult
- Literature & Fiction
- Social & Family Issues
- Family
- Social & Family Issues
- Literature & Fiction
Publisher : Square Fish
Author : Aguiar, Nadia
Language : English
Edition : Reissue
Published :2017-03-28
Number Of Pages : 464
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 1250103916
ISBN-13 : 9781250103918
Item weight : 0.75 lb
Dimensions : 1.18 in x 5.12 in x 7.68 in
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