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Parrots & Pirates (Mystery at Sea)

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What a wonderful Christmas season this is with kids and grands running in and out and about and one habit we have is reading to the younger grands at bedtime. The book I started a couple of nights a go is Parrots and Pirates a Mystery at Sea by Elizabeth Levy published by Roaring Book Press

This book is great for children age 4 - 11-ish, depending on their reading skills.

The story takes place on a cruise ship with the Captain's son Philip making friends with one of the worker's children, Phillipa. They become fast friends and as Philip has a bright and unusual parrot, Don Quixote, Phillipa befriends the parrot as well.

The children see a mysterious new crew member coming about the ship with a huge trunk and they believe that this is more than meets the eye, knowing how small the rooms are on the ship. So they set about to discover is there more to this new cruise director than one might suspect.

But it isn't until Phillipa is helping in a magic trick that the real mystery at Sea takes place. She's in a magic trick where she and Don Quixote are to trade places, but when she drops through the trap door and reaches into the cage for Don Quixote to put him in her place and all she finds is a stuffed parrot that the real mystery begins.

This was a quick read for us, as my 8 year old grandaughter read this in 2 days and gives it a 2 thumbs up!

I received this book free to review and this opinions are mine and my grandchildrens.