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233 pp.
| Farrar |
June, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-374-36705-3$17.99
(2)
YA
Seventeen-year-old Susannah, her parents, her cousin, and a crew member, voyaging to Hawaii aboard Athena's Secret, sail into a deadly confrontation with professional criminals. Cadnum meticulously limns each character's personality and motives, embedding them in an expertly constructed web of intrigue. Themes of fortune, greed, fate, and the certainty of death play out in a thrilling examination of "life's tough truths."
Reviewer: Dean Schneider
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2012