![]() ![]() All signs point to a sequel one that readers won't want to miss. The storytelling, intricate as it is, builds to a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. Developed with seeming ease, each new character advances the plot logically and fluidly. When pirates kidnap Simon and Penny, Maya must race to find her parents and rescue her siblings. Imagine an island with green mountains looming over pink sandy beaches and tide pools lit by the moon. ![]() As Maya and Simon hike through dense jungle, tending to Penny, they meet dynamic characters including the orphan Helix, a jaguar-riding child stealer and a girl who looks uncannily like Maya. Ruled by pirates and devastated by civil war, the island poses one peril after another. After a sudden storm, Maya's parents fall overboard and Maya desperately sails the boat, landing on Tamarind, an island that has been the setting for ongoing stories told by her father and that has been cut off from the outside world. The storytelling, intricate as it is, builds to a whole that. ![]() The New York Times Book Review Aguiar's exciting debut novel is a cross between Peter Pan and Lost.Developed with seeming ease, each new character advances the plot logically and fluidly. Thirteen-year-old Maya Nelson is sick of living at sea on the Pamela Jane with her brother, Simon, and baby sister, Penny, while her parents conduct research. The Lost Island of Tamarind has a gentle spirit, tempering its dangers with warmth. Aguiar's exciting debut novel is a cross between Peter Pan and Lost. ![]()
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