Magic Marks the Spot, Caroline Carlson
Magic Marks the Spot, Caroline Carlson
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Magic Marks the Spot

Author: Caroline Carlson

Narrator: Katherine Kellgren

Unabridged: 8 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 09/10/2013


Synopsis

Pirates! Magic! Treasure! A gargoyle?!Caroline Carlson's funny tween novel The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates #1: Magic Marks the Spot is perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events and Trenton Lee Stewart's Mysterious Benedict Society.Hilary Westfield has always dreamed of being a pirate. She can tread water for thirty-seven minutes. She can tie a knot faster than a fleet of sailors, and she already owns a rather pointy sword.There's only one problem: The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates refuses to let any girl join their ranks of scourges and scallywags.But Hilary is not the kind of girl to take no for answer. To escape a life of petticoats and politeness at her stuffy finishing school, Hilary sets out in search of her own seaworthy adventure, where she gets swept up in a madcap quest involving a map without an X, a magical treasure that likely doesn't exist, a talking gargoyle, a crew of misfit scallywags, and the most treacherous—and unexpected—villain on the High Seas.Written with uproarious wit and an inviting storyteller tone, the first book in Caroline Carlson's quirky seafaring series is a piratical tale like no other.

About Caroline Carlson

Caroline Carlson is the author of the Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates series and The World's Greatest Detective. She holds an MFA in writing for children from Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives with her family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. You can visit her online at www.carolinecarlsonbooks.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Betsy on September 14, 2013

"Magic Marks the Spot" Misses the Mark! "The Very Nearly Honorable League of Good Pirates: Magic Marks the Spot" has all the elements of a good story: a precocious girl, a talking gargoyle, a Great Enchantress, pirates, and a hidden treasure map. "Magic Marks the Spot" started slowly. After the first......more

Goodreads review by Totoro on July 27, 2017

wow, i have been looking everywhere for a story about a gargoyle and finally... ^^ it was such a wonderful book about pirates, heroes, GARGOYLES, really, can't express my love for these creatures enough :)......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on November 14, 2015

My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars A copy of Magic Marks the Spot was provided to me by HarperCollins/Edelweiss for review purposes. After recently being denied admittance to The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates simply because she's a girl, Hilary is now being forced into attending Miss Pimm's Finishing......more