Brian Eames

The Dagger X Brian Eames

Brief Description: Twelve-year-old Kitto Quick, stranded with his stepmother, Van, a Wampanoag girl, and a baby rescued from a slave ship on the very island where Morris hid valuable spices, learns powerful secrets of his past. Marc Notes: A Paula Wiseman book.; Sequel to: The dagger Quick.; Twelve-year-old Kitto Quick, stranded with his stepmother, Van, a Wampanoag girl, and a baby rescued from a slave ship on the very island where Morris hid valuable spices, learns powerful secrets of his past.; Ages 8-12--Dust jacket.; A Junior Library Guild selection. Publisher Marketing: Kitto's adventure continues in the suspenseful sequel to "The Dagger Quick," which "School Library Journal" called a "quest perfect for landlubbers and pirate aficionados alike." On the high seas of the Caribbean in the 1600s, a twelve-year-old boy, Kitto, stands wrongly accused of his father's murder and is forced into adulthood too quickly as he tries to prove his innocence. After a brutal shark attack, Kitto must take refuge on a forsaken island that holds a store of valuable nutmeg, with its power to make men as rich as kings. When he encounters the notorious Alexandre Exquemelin, known as X, he discovers a dark secret about his own past and identity. Will the events of Kitto's past determine his fate, or will he have the courage to forge his own destiny? A tale of friends and fiends, good and evil, pirates and predators, and the thrill of the high seas, "The Dagger X" is an exciting adventure and classic story of the search for manhood and identity. Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2013 (EAN 9781442468559, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 12/01/2013 pg. 112 (EAN 9781442468559, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 pg. 74 (EAN 9781442468559, Hardcover)

Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2013 pg. 91 (EAN 9781442468566, Paperback)

School Library Journal 12/01/2013 pg. 112 (EAN 9781442468566, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Eames, Brian Brian Eames has taught for fifteen years at the Paideia School, a K-12 independent school in Atlanta. He read his first novel, "The Dagger Quick", out loud to his class as he wrote it. "Publishers Weekly "called "The Dagger Quick ""thoroughly researched, fast-paced, and tense...embraces the mythical glamour of a pirate's life." He lives with his wife and children in Atlanta. Visit him at TheDaggerQuick.com.