Lintang and the Pirate Queen
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Lintang is an island girl who longs for daring and danger. When she meets the feared pirate, Captain Shafira, and her all-female crew, Lintang is determined to join them. Secrets within secrets, life-or-death battles with spectacular monsters, and hair’s breadth escapes keep readers turning the pages of a story populated by women of color who are fighters, adventurers, and leaders.
ISBN: 9781328460301
JLG Release: Jan 2020
Sensitive Areas:
Violence: Mild Violence
Topics:
Adventure and adventurers
, Pirates
, Seafaring life
, Imaginary creatures
, Friendship
, Stowaways
, Fantasy and magic
, Girls and women
, Australia and Oceania
, Sea stories
Praise & Reviews
Starred or favorable reviews have been received from these periodicals:
Publishers Weekly, Booklist, School Library Journal*
School Library Journal
Twelve-year-old Lintang of Desa village, protected by the sea guardian Nyasamdra, yearns for adventure, and thinks she’s found it when pirate captain Shafira welcomes her on board in exchange for safe passage through Nyasamdra’s waters. Lintang’s friend, Bayani, for reasons of his own, stows away and joins the crew. Lintang relishes every asp Twelve-year-old Lintang of Desa village, protected by the sea guardian Nyasamdra, yearns for adventure, and thinks she’s found it when pirate captain Shafira welcomes her on board in exchange for safe passage through Nyasamdra’s waters. Lintang’s friend, Bayani, for reasons of his own, stows away and joins the crew. Lintang relishes every aspect of the eventful voyage including tangles with magical creatures who are described in occasional pages from The Mythie Guidebook (similar to entries from J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts). Lintang struggles to follow Shafira’s orders; she dives recklessly into any available fray regardless of her own safety. A final conflict with a dragon and a siren makes for an exciting ending, with sequels likely. Despite a bucketload of human and Mythie personalities, the story is clear and approachable. Moss’s smooth, sensory prose carries readers through the story as fluidly as Shafira’s ship navigates the waters around the United Regions. Shipboard activities are realistically portrayed, and there are enough political machinations and loose ends to provide many future stories. There may be a few too many elements in Moss’s series opener, but they will likely be explored in future works. A particularly well-crafted, solid fantasy adventure suitable for most collections.
Book Details
ISBN
9781328460301
First Release
January 2020
Genre
Fic
Dewey Classification
F
Trim Size
8 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Page Count
368
Accelerated Reader
N/AScholastic Reading Counts
N/ALexile
Level 660L
Format
Print Book
Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Clarion
Potentially Sensitive Areas
Violence: Mild Violence
Topics
Adventure and adventurers, Pirates, Seafaring life, Imaginary creatures, Friendship, Stowaways, Fantasy and magic, Girls and women, Australia and Oceania, Sea stories,
