Deadweather and Sunrise: The Chronicles of Egg, Book 1

Deadweather and Sunrise: The Chronicles of Egg, Book 1 by Rodkey, Geoff. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780399257858.

A stunning middle-grade debut--full of heart, humor, and nonstop action Its tough to be thirteen, especially when somebodys trying to kill you. Not that Eggs life was ever easy, growing up on sweaty, pirate-infested Deadweather Island with no company except an incompetent tutor and a pair of unusually violent siblings who hate his guts. But when Eggs father hustles their family off on a mysterious errand to fabulously wealthy Sunrise Island, then disappears with the siblings in a freak accident, Egg finds himself a long-term guest at the mansion of the glamorous Pembroke family and their beautiful, sharp-tongued daughter Millicent. Finally, life seems perfect. Until someone tries to throw him off a cliff. Suddenly, Eggs running for his life in a bewildering world of cutthroat pirates, villainous businessmen, and strange Native legends. The only people who can help him sort out the mystery of why hes been marked for death are Millicent and a one-handed, possibly deranged cabin boy. Come along for the ride. Youll be glad you did.