Ben and Fee McTavish are brother/sister twin children of marine biologists. When it is time for them to go to boarding school, they are sent to a school that is on a sailing ship. They quickly make friends, and enemies, and learn the difference between port and bow. On their first semester voyage some students are invited to be extras in a movie about pirates, but is the the piracy all on film, or is there something more sinister going on? This is delightfully innocent book. The kids actually make correct and responsible choices when deciding whether to tell the Captain what is going on or sneak onto the movie ship and investigate for themselves. Hooray! Here is a book with the charm of the Penderwicks that will appeal to both boys and girls. It is a good choice for fairly young readers who are reading at an advanced level or for a family read aloud where there is a variety of ages of listeners. (218 p)
p.s. I was surprised to find out it is written by the author of the #1 Ladies Detective Agency. It makes me want to try one of that series. (Ha ha, probably most adult women readers would have said that sentence the other way around.)
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