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 Daughter Of The Pirate King
 Author: Levenseller, Tricia

 Publisher: Square Fish (2017)

 Classification: Fiction
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 BTSB No: 566365 ISBN: 9781250095961
 Ages: 13-18 Grades: 8-12


Price: $9.01

Summary:
When her father, the ruthless pirate king, discovers that a legendary treasure map can be found on an enemy ship, his daughter Alosa knows that there's only one pirate for the job--herself. Leaving behind her beloved ship and crew, Alosa deliberately facilitates her own kidnapping to ensure her welcome on the ship.




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School Library Journal - 12/01/2016 Gr 8 Up—Levenseller's debut novel is a high-seas tale of a powerful female pirate on a mission set forth by her ruthless father. Alosa, a pirate princess, is the captain of her own ship with a mostly female crew. She is tough and clever and has a hidden secret that allows her to subdue the strongest of men. Her crew's mission is to track down an age-old piece of a legendary treasure map. Alosa's father, the Pirate King, is in possession of one-third of the map, and he sends Alosa to retrieve another part from a rival, Captain Draxen. In order to be taken aboard Draxen's ship, Alosa stages her own capture. Draxen, of course, believes that he has the upper hand and sends a ransom message to the king. Alosa is put under the watchful eye of Draxen's brother, Riden, who interrogates the princess. She is determined to discover the hiding place of the map, and she must conceal her true purpose and use clever tricks to escape her cell in order to search the ship. Finally, frustrated by her failure to locate the map, she turns to her secret power to enchant with song. With many plot turns and emotional bonds forming between Alosa and Riden, the search leads to an interesting twist. Levenseller has created a formidable female character who can take care of herself as she makes some hard decisions. VERDICT Hand to skilled readers seeking true adventure with swashbuckling, sword fighting, and a great problem-solving heroine.—Erin Olsen, The Brearley School, NY - Copyright 2016 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.

Bulletin for the Center... - 01/01/2017 Getting kidnapped by pirates is usually a bad thing, but seventeen-year-old Alosa is more pleased than panicked when the crew of the Night Farer steal her away from her own ship. She’s a pirate herself, the daughter of the Pirate King and a dab hand at dealing with grizzled seamen, and she wants to be on this ship, since her father has tasked her with stealing a map from it that could lead him to the treasure-rich island of the sirens. Unfortunately, Riden, her interrogator and guard, is more gorgeous than grizzled, and his good looks are messing with Alosa’s head as the two pirates flirtatiously circle each other, each trying to find out the other’s secrets. Fiery as her scarlet hair, Alosa narrates with a bold and cocky voice; her swagger is backed up by serious fighting skills, and there is pure satisfaction in the scenes where she handily takes down (and sometimes kills) men who have underestimated her, threatened her (both physically and sexually), or simply looked at her wrong. It’s this boldness matched with Riden’s more uptight, well-mannered character that makes their relationship so much fun to watch; she’s the cad, he’s the prude, and traditional gender rules are bucked through witty banter and increasingly undisguised lust. By book’s end Alosa has discovered only a portion of the map, ensuring a sequel that readers will happily climb aboard. KQG - Copyright 2017 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

Booklist - 11/15/2016 Alosa, fierce daughter of the pirate king Kalligan, is sent to be captured by a rival pirate clan so she can search their ship for a missing map fragment, which should point the way toward an island ripe with treasure. The kidnapping goes well, as does the sneaking about to find the map; what is unplanned is falling in love with the first mate, being kidnapped by a different pirate crew, and having the secret of her special abilities revealed. First-time author Levenseller has a tendency to tell rather than show the action, which at times prevents the reader from delving deeply into the story. An occasional lapse into present-day idiom—for example, “you’re messing with my mind”—also detracts from the reading experience. She does, however, create a memorable character in half-human, half-siren pirate princess Alosa, whose cheeky attitude and confidence let readers know that she will never be in real danger, and the romantic tension between her and rival Riden is well paced. - Copyright 2016 Booklist.

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