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Orphans of the Tide #2

Shipwreck Island

#2 in series

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Loyalties are tested in this sequel to Orphans of the Tide, a smart, unique middle grade read perfect for fans of Wildwood or The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

Ellie and Seth know more than most people do about living amongst gods. Ellie, an inventor with a tragic past, was once forced to become the human Vessel for the most wicked god of all, the Enemy; Seth, a mysterious boy with no memories, has just discovered that he's actually a god himself.

So when they escape the City and all of its inhabitants who want them dead, they hope to find a new island—free of gods—to call home.

Months on a homemade raft have stretched their patience with each other, but at last they spot land—and when they arrive, it seems like every bit the paradise they'd been dreaming of.

But the tropical island has its secrets just as the City did, and Ellie and Seth are faced with impossible questions about who they can trust and who they can't—including each other.

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    • Kirkus

      December 1, 2022
      A hoped-for refuge becomes anything but for two tween fugitives in this muddled middle volume. Somehow surviving a three-month voyage on a makeshift raft over a flooded world, Ellie and Seth make landfall at last just in time to be swept up in a power struggle between a lonely young queen and a smooth-talking aristocrat. Worse yet, the afflictions met in the previous episode have followed them--Seth, a reborn god of the sea, remains tortured by ghostly voices and fragmentary memories, while Ellie is both saddled with a malign spirit insistently pressuring her to make evil choices and dogged by a crazed Inquisitor obsessed with literally burning that spirit out of her. With all this, it's no surprise that Murray's efforts to lighten the load with a new ally's pet kitten or comedic touches like giving Ellie a real gift for saying the wrong thing will likely fall flat for readers, as will the local queen's startlingly sudden shift at the climax from friendly but overwhelmed adolescent to brutally pragmatic monarch. Not to mention an island setting that, obligatory map notwithstanding, becomes small enough to get around in no time depending on the plot's twists and turns, continuity breaks that have characters suddenly rearranged or apparently endowed with more than two hands, and a head-scratcher of a closing scene. The island's population reads largely White. A shambolic, patchwork jumble. (Fantasy. 9-12)

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    • School Library Journal

      March 1, 2023

      Gr 5 Up-Ellie and Seth have traveled to a mysterious island where they meet Kate, a girl who is really the Queen in disguise. Due to a predicted famine on the island, the Queen is expected to use her powers, passed on from royal generations before her, to solve the island's major problem. Ellie befriends Kate, only to learn a tragic secret about the Queen and her powers. Kate has no idea about Ellie and Seth's capabilities. Many enemies have come to wreak havoc on the island, causing Ellie to doubt herself and her safety. Nearly every page features danger and adventure. Will Ellie and Seth survive and come to see the truth for what it really is? VERDICT A definite page-turner that will leave readers eager for more action and an ending that promises just that.

      Copyright 2023 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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