Accidental Pirates

Twelve-year-old Brine Seaborne is a girl with a past-if only she could remember what it is. Found alone in a rowboat as a child, clutching a shard of the rare starshell needed for spell casting, she's spent the past years keeping house for an irritable magician and his obnoxious apprentice, Peter. When Brine and Peter get themselves into a load of trouble and flee, they blunder into the path of the legendary pirate ship the Onion. Before you can say "pieces of eight," they're up to their necks in the pirates' quest to find Magical North, a place so shrouded in secrets and myth that most people don't even think it exists. If Brine is lucky, she'll find her place in the world. And, if she's unlucky, everyone on the ship will be eaten by sea monsters. It could really go either way.

In this sequel to The Voyage to Magical North, Brine, Peter, Cassie and crew return for another swashbuckling adventure on the high seas. Reaching the edge of the world can't stop the crew of the Onion! It's westward ho in search of dragons, no matter the obstacles. And, there are obstacles. Flesh-eating vines, violent locals, and mischievous magi-not to mention Marfak West's ghost-meet the pirates when they land on the Western Island, where a volcano threatens to end them all. Together, Brine and Peter might just be able to save the crew, the island, and themselves. Or, they might all go up in flames. It really could go either way.