The Lost Island of Tamarind by Nadia Aguiar

When pirates kidnap Simon and Penny, Maya must race to find her parents and rescue her siblings. As Maya and Simon hike through dense jungle, tending to Penny, they meet dynamic characters including the orphan Helix, a jaguar-riding child stealer and a girl who looks uncannily like Maya. Ruled by pirates and devastated by civil war, the island poses one peril after another. After a sudden storm, Maya’s parents fall overboard and Maya desperately sails the boat, landing on Tamarind, an island that has been the setting for ongoing stories told by her father and that has been cut off from the outside world. With her brother, Simon, and baby sister, Penny, while her parents conduct research. Thirteen-year-old Maya Nelson is sick of living at sea on the Pamela Jane Aguiar’s exciting debut novel is a cross between Peter Pan All signs point to a sequel-one that readers won't want to miss.'-'Publishers Weekly''' 'Each detail of this fantasy is crafted with care readers will be drawn into this dangerous, magical world where anything is possible and nothing can be fully explained. The storytelling, intricate as it is, builds to a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. Developed with seeming ease, each new character advances the plot logically and fluidly. 'The Lost Island of Tamarind' has a gentle spirit, tempering its dangers with warmth.'-'The New York Times Book Review''' 'Aguiar's exciting debut novel is a cross between 'Peter P'an and 'Lost'.

Aguiar uses her knack for realistic details equally well in the magical parts.

A native and resident of Bermuda, she writes with authority about daily life in the tropics. lies in Aguiar's precise, often lyrical descriptions. 'Sinopsis' puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro. Could you?The first in a magical trilogy about the mysterious island of Tamarind., Narnia meets Neverland for a new generation!This magical adventure story is perfect for girls and boys aged 9-12.- A magical debut from a wonderful new writer.- Sleeping jaguars, menacing pirates, singing mermaids and a tropical island setting. No one from the Outside has escaped the island before., Danger is everywhere. Imagine an island with green mountains looming over pink sandy beaches and tide pools lit by the moon., An island with the darkest of secrets, where pirates lurk and jaguars roam - and a precious stone holds a power that is both wondrous and terrifying.

Maya, Simon and Penny now face a wild rescue adventure that will lead them to a truly magical place. Alone on the ocean waves, after a fierce storm throws their parents from the Pamela Jane into the icy waters below.

The Lost Island of Tamarind by Nadia Aguiar