A stunning middle-grade debut--full of heart, humor, and nonstop action.
It's tough to be 13, especially when somebody's trying to kill you. Not
that Egg's life was ever easy, growing up on sweaty, pirate-infested
Deadweather Island with no company except an incompetent tutor and a
pair of unusually violent siblings who hate his guts.
But when Egg's father hustles their family off on a mysterious errand to
fabulously wealthy Sunrise Island, then disappears with the siblings in
a freak accident, Egg finds himself a long-term guest at the mansion of
the glamorous Pembroke family and their beautiful, sharp-tongued
daughter Millicent.
Finally, life seems perfect. Until someone tries to throw him off a
cliff. Suddenly, Egg's running for his life in a bewildering world of
cutthroat pirates, villainous businessmen, and strange Native legends.
The only people who can help him sort out the mystery of why he's been
marked for death are Millicent and a one-handed, possibly deranged cabin
boy.
Come along for the ride. You'll be glad you did.