Lilly, a worrier who fears the sea, leaves the home of her librarian great-uncle and sets out with an old woman pirate to rescue her parents, who were shipwrecked while seeking the frangipani fruit fly on an uncharted island.
Lilly, a bookworm and notorious worrywart, quells her fears by writing furiously in her worry journal. But when Lilly learns that her scientist parents are lost at sea, she bravely takes the tiller of the Last Chance. In this fast-paced adventure, Lilly must overcome her fear of the sea, find a hidden island, and outsmart a bunch of treasure-hungry pirates.
This transformation from skittish bookworm to swashbuckling pirate girl is the real buried treasure in this enjoyable preposterous, emotionally resonant, library-revering adventure."
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Recenzijos
* "[ An] enjoyably preposterous, emotionally resonant, library-revering adventure." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Many children will relate to this rather cozy adventure story and its lovably flawed heroine." --Booklist
"Full of adventure and questions of 'What next?'" --Library Media Connection
Phyllis Root has written many award-winning books for children, including Ten Sleepy Sheep, Oliver Finds His Way, One Duck Stuck, What Baby Wants, Rattletrap Car, and Big Momma Makes the World, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. She currently teaches in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Hamline University. She lives in Minneapolis, MN.
Rob Shepperson has illustrated many children's books including Bugs by David L. Harrison and The Big House by Carolyn Coman. His droll editorial drawings appear regularly in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. He lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.
