New from Scholastic: The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty.
About the book, from the publisher:
Bronte Mettlestone is ten years old when her parents are killed by pirates.Visit Jaclyn Moriarty's website.
This does not bother her particularly: her parents ran away to have adventures when she was a baby. She has been raised by her Aunt Isabelle, with assistance from the Butler, and has spent a pleasant childhood of afternoon teas and riding lessons. Now, however, her parents have left detailed instructions for Bronte in their will. (Instructions that, annoyingly, have been reinforced with faery cross-stitch, which means that if she doesn't complete them, terrible things could happen!) She travels the kingdoms, perfectly alone, delivering gifts to ten other aunts: a farmer aunt who owns an orange orchard, a veterinarian aunt who specializes in dragon care, a pair of aunts who captain a cruise ship, and a former rock star aunt who is now the reigning monarch of a small kingdom.
But as she travels from aunt to aunt, Bronte suspects there might be more to this journey than the simple delivery of treasure.
The Page 69 Test: The Cracks in the Kingdom.
Writers Read: Jaclyn Moriarty (August 2014).
My Book, The Movie: The Cracks in the Kingdom.
--Marshal Zeringue
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