![]() ![]() Not all of us want to be rogues, and Carlson did a marvelous job of encouraging her readers to follow whatever path truly calls to them by including a governess with as much mettle as the fiercest pirates and a fishmonger’s daughter whose wit and compassion is never dampened by the effort she puts into finishing school. It was also quite refreshing to read a middle grade book about a young girl defying high society’s expectations in which characters who wanted to be governesses or accomplished ladies were treated with respect rather than scorn. ![]() I read The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates in only a few hours, and while there are bits of it which I thought could have been done better – the setting was a little vague with elements of fantasy mixed in with traditional old-fashioned English references, and some of the minor characters seemed rather one dimensional – I must say that I heartily enjoyed the novel’s message and admired the heroine’s spirit. Just a tiny review tonight, because it was recently Talk Like A Pirate Day and I talked about this new middle grade novel on my blog. ![]()
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