Rating: 3/5 Stars
Genre: Historical/Adventure
Release Date: 5/29/2012
About the Book: Egg
lives on the island of Deadweather-and his family are the only non-pirates on
the island. His siblings are always giving him a hard time and his dad is
occupied with the ugly fruit plantation. When his father rushes the family away
for a sudden trip to Sunrise Island, Egg isn’t sure what is going on-but he
knows it’s something big. The family soon meets the rich and fancy Pembroke
family and their beautiful and witty daughter Millicent. But when Egg’s family
disappears in a hot air balloon accident and someone tries to push Egg off a
cliff, Egg is on the run-because someone wants him dead and he’s not sure why.
GreenBeanTeenQueen
Says: Deadweather and Sunrise is the first in a new series, The Chronicles
of Egg. The Chronicles of Egg reminds me of Lemony Snickett with pirates. And
not Disney-nice pirates. Pirates that are gruff and steal and fight and on the
lookout for treasure.
Egg is a great narrator who tells a good story. While the
action took awhile to get started, readers who are wanting an adventure story
will stick with it and be rewarded. The first part of the book covers what is already mentioned on the jacket flap, but even though I knew what was going to happen, I was still interested in the story. As Egg's adventures continue, the story does pick up pace and become more adventurous and action packed. Egg’s companions are a pirate named Guts
and Millicent (who Egg has a bit of a crush on) and they add a nice element of
humor and hilarity to the story. I’m
interested in listening to it on audiobook as well because I think the pirate
speak would be very fun to listen to!
This is a good choice for older tweens looking for an adventure
story like Percy Jackson or terrible misadventures like Lemony Snickett. It
also makes a good booklist pick for summer reading if you’re doing the Dig Into
Reading theme!
Full Disclosure: Reviewed from a final copy sent by publisher
This sounds like a fun read and it's great to have another book for fans of Percy Jackson. Thanks for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteAgreed - Deadweather and Sunrise sounds like a lot of fun. I liked the cover right away. It actually sounded something like a MG version of Ship Breaker to me!
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