Love, love, love this seafaring adventure with so much historical detail and a moving unlikely friendship. Definitely recommended for fans of Charlotte Doyle and Jacky Faber. ( )

Exciting middle-grade historical adventure. Full of the dangers of life aboard a 17th Century merchant ship, it also shows the birth of a great friendship and a girl discovering her true self. Exciting, adventurous and often quite sweet and charming. I would love to see a sequel showing the adventures of Petra and Bram after the end of the book. ( )

Took me awhile to get through this because of my schedule. In the end, despite a slow patch in the middle, the last third picked up considerably, resulting in a captivating sea yarn good for readers not developmentally ready for the Bloody Jack series. ( )