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.
A stunning middle-grade debut-full of heart, humor, and nonstop action It's tough to be thirteen, especially when somebody's trying to kill you. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. 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.Ĭome along for the ride. Suddenly, Egg's running for his life in a bewildering world of cutthroat pirates, villainous businessmen, and strange Native legends. Until someone tries to throw him off a cliff. 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.īut 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.
It's tough to be thirteen, especially when somebody's trying to kill you. A stunning middle-grade debut-full of heart, humor, and nonstop action
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