12/20/2023 0 Comments Just add magic caroline![]() ![]() She wants to become a pirate instead of going to Miss Pimm's Finishing School for Delicate Ladies. Our heroine Hilary is a plucky girl with a pet gargoyle who is the daughter of an admiral in the Augustan fleet. Every one is over-the-top and quirky in their own way. This is truly the funniest book I have read in years! The characters are engaging and sympathetic. Will Hilary find the treasure in time? Will she become a true pirate after all? And what will become of the gargoyle? To escape from a life of petticoats and politeness, Hilary answers a curious advertisement for a pirate crew and suddenly finds herself swept up in a seafaring adventure that may or may not involve a map without an X, a magical treasure that likely doesn't exist, a rogue governess who insists on propriety, a crew of misfit scallywags, and the most treacherous - and unexpected - villain on the High Seas. But Hilary and her dearest friend, the gargoyle, have no use for such frivolous lessons - they are pirates! (Or very nearly.) Girls belong at Miss Pimm's Finishing School for Delicate Ladies, learning to waltz, faint, and curtsy. There's only one problem: The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates refuses to let any girl join their ranks of scourges and scallywags. She particularly enjoys defying authority, and she already owns a rather pointy sword. She can tie a knot faster than a fleet of sailors. Hilary Westfield has always dreamed of being a pirate. You will not tell silly tales and you will never be a pirate." ![]() "My dear," he said, "let me be clear: You are a young lady. Audie Award Finalist, Children's Titles for Ages 8-12, 2014Īdmiral Westfield sucked in his breath and released it in a tremendous gust. ![]()
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