SuitabookFinding belonging beyond approval
Xiang begins sheltered and eager to prove her worth to her mother, then joins Anh’s crew and develops through relationships and life at sea.
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C. B. Lee - Author
Expect a sea-going treasure adventure with strong emotional threads: Xiang seeks answers about her father and her mother’s respect, while Anh brings daring, uncertainty and a developing romantic connection.
Two intrepid girls hunt for a legendary treasure on the deadly high seas in this YA remix of the classic adventure novel Treasure Island. 1826 The sun is setting on the golden age of piracy, and the legendary Dragon Fleet, the scourge of the South China Sea, is no more. Xiang has grown up with stories about the Dragon Fleet and its ruthless leader, a woman known only as the Dragon Queen, all her life. Xiang desperately wants to set sail and explore—mainly to find her father, a presumed dead crew member of the Dragon Fleet. Her only memento of him is a pendant she always wears, a simple but plain piece of gold jewelry. But the pendant's true nature is revealed when a mysterious girl named Anh steals it, only to return it to Xiang in exchange for her help in decoding the tiny map scroll hidden inside. Rumor has it that the legendary Dragon Queen had one last treasure—the plunder of a thousand ports—hidden away on an island shrouded in mist that only can be seen once in a blue moon. Xiang is convinced this map could lead to the fabled treasure. Captivated with the thrill of adventure, she joins Anh and her motley crew off in pursuit of the island. But the girls soon find that the sea—and especially those who sail it—are far more dangerous than the legends led them to believe.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceExpect a sea-going treasure adventure with strong emotional threads: Xiang seeks answers about her father and her mother’s respect, while Anh brings daring, uncertainty and a developing romantic connection.
Xiang begins sheltered and eager to prove her worth to her mother, then joins Anh’s crew and develops through relationships and life at sea.
Xiang and Anh meet through a stolen pendant and cooperate over a treasure map; their relationship is described as attraction complicated by uncertainty and trust issues.
Be ready for perilous sea travel, storms, piracy-related danger, violence, mentions of war and murder, absent or deceased parents, alcohol, and romance involving trust difficulties and queer yearning.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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