SuitabookTrust, secrets and family knowledge
Bronte’s understanding of her parents changes as she suspects they had concealed important things from her.
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Jaclyn Moriarty - Author
A quest fantasy about a child carrying out a magically enforced family duty while travelling alone. Its central appeal appears to be the unfolding mystery: Bronte gradually questions the journey itself and what she knew about her parents.
Bronte is ten years old when she receives a letter saying that her long-absent parents have been killed by pirates, and the lawyers tell her that their will (reinforced with serious magic) requires her to deliver gifts to her ten other aunts (not Aunt Isabelle, whom she lives with), and to start the trip immediately and alone--but as she travels the kingdoms, she begins to suspect that there is more to this journey than delivering treasures, and that her parents had more secrets than she ever realized.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA quest fantasy about a child carrying out a magically enforced family duty while travelling alone. Its central appeal appears to be the unfolding mystery: Bronte gradually questions the journey itself and what she knew about her parents.
Bronte’s understanding of her parents changes as she suspects they had concealed important things from her.
The magical will places Bronte under an immediate obligation, raising questions about how she responds to a duty imposed on her.
Before reading, consider whether the report of Bronte’s parents being killed could feel upsetting.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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