Magic Marks The Spot

Okay, so I've been posting a series of children's classics, and this might not be a classic (yet), but you still need to go read it, like now.

"Magic Marks The Spot" by Caroline Carlson is the first novel in "The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates" series. God, if you didn't want to read this book because of the description I'm about to give you, do it for the title alone, please.

This novel follows young Hilary Westfield, who has always dreamed of being a pirate (haven't we all (or was/is that just me?)). She has all the makings. There's only one thing: The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates refuses to let any girl (no matter how skilled) join their ranks. 

That and her father, Admiral Westfield, absolutely forbids it. He sends her to a Finishing School for Delicate Lady's, from which she promptly runs away. 

Join Hilarly as she's swept up in an adventuring including a map without an X, a magical treasure that likely doesn't exist, a rogue governess who insists on propriety, a crew of misfit scallywags, and the most treacherous--and unexpected--villain on the High Seas. Oh, and her best friend, the family gargoyle. 

Trust me, you'll love this book. Trust me.

Again, if not for the description, for the title. If not for the title, do it for the promise of a very feminist novel that will teach young children that girls can be and do absolutely anything that boys can, including being a pirate.

And...I already thought of a bunch of questions, and I don't really have another....how about you all ask me one? 

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