In this brave, bookish adventure, ten-year-old Lilly must conquer her fear of the sea and outsmart treasure-hungry pirates to save her shipwrecked scientist parents.
★ Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Lilly can’t seem to get past her fears. She writes all of them in her worry journal. But her biggest fear is WATER. So when Lilly learns that her scientist parents are lost at sea, she must overcome her anxieties to find the fabled Shipwreck Islands, outsmart a bunch of treasure-hungry pirates, and rescue her parents. Can she do it?
Here's a funny, warmhearted tale full of courage, libraries, and swashbuckling fun.
★ “[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