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Lädt ... Barefoot Pirate (2011. Auflage)von Sherwood Smith (Autor)
Werk-InformationenBarefoot Pirate von Sherwood Smith
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Joe and Nan aren't friends.Irritated by his sister, Joe doesn't like girls, and Nan has no friends. They would never have spoken if they hadn't both reached for the same odd little book on a shelf in their favorite part of the library, the adventure stories. They agree to share it . . . and discover not just a story, but a promise that magic is real, and that someone from another world is needed to break a spell. Do they want to join Blackeye's gang of pirate kids, who are determined to rescue an enchanted prince?Nan is desperate to escape an unhappy life; Joe is skeptical but loves the idea of adventure. When the magic works, Joe is delighted to find himself in another world, one without school, homework-or sisters.Nan is even more thrilled, not the least because now she gets a chance at a completely different life from an unwanted foster child. She can't resist telling a very small lie, just a little one . . . that she's a princess.In the course of this adventure Nan and Joe make some discoveries not only about magic and adventure, but about themselves. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Joe and Nan reach for the same book in the school library in the very small adventure section, which they both know they’ve never seen before. They agree to read it on alternate nights and find that it is a story about Blackeye, the ‘Barefoot Pirate’ a girl who has met injustice in her life and fights back against it. Her country is supposedly ruled by a prince but he is under a spell and his Regent is a despot. She and her friends - all children because adults are kept under control using their families as hostages and because no one pays attention to children - intend to free him and reverse the fortunes of the country and its people. Since no one of their world can get close to the Prince to break the spell and rescue him they need a child from another world. Joe and Nan speak the spell written at the end of the book and find themselves on another world with Blackeye and her gang and in the middle of adventure.
The story focuses on Joe and Nan. Joe wants to go to another world because he is one of four children and neglected at home. Nan wants to go because she is a foster child, mistreated at home and bullied at school.
This story was fun, although it is aimed at children. The two children from our world have arrived in the middle of a Plan that has been a long time in the making and people have already been in place in strategic positions within the enemy’s stronghold for a while. This means that, though the plot is well thought out, the narrative can get away with less detail about what’s going on but it does make the story feel a bit less substantial. I liked the ending, where both children find their place after all the adventures are over.
November 2021
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