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Sky Pirates – Echo Quickthorn and the Great Beyond
Book Review
I loved this book because it felt like you were Echo on all these adventures!
It made me feel excited and it is a real page turner. The story about a very adventurous girl called Echo who is not allowed out of the castle gates that she lives in. She lives in the castle with the timid Prince Horace, the controlling King Alfons and she also has a pet Lizard called Gilbert. She dreams of finding her Mother and then when Professor Daggerwing flies into her life everything changes…
The book did feel a bit slow at the start, but it soon picked up and although it is a long book, I still wanted to know what was on the next page. I definitely give this book FIVE STARS!!!
About the Book
Echo Quickthorn and the Great Beyond is the start of a dazzling new series featuring mechanical dragons, carnivorous plants, sky pirates and perhaps worst of all … pickled squibnuts!
Echo is an orphan who grew up believing that nothing existed outside the kingdom’s walls and being told that all adventures are taboo. She always felt that she belonged somewhere else, but how could she when all that exists beyond Lockfort is a barren wasteland?
Everything changed for Echo when an eccentric professor crash-landed his airship outside her bedroom window in the dead of night, claiming to have come from another city and armed with a map of magical, unheard-of places that exist beyond the kingdom walls. Could this be Echo’s opportunity to explore?
Author
Alex English
Alex English is a British children’s author who writes humorous, action-packed picture books for young readers as well as middle-grade fantasy adventures. She holds an MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa University and her Sky Pirates series launched her career in middle-grade fiction.
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