Polly and the Pirates, Midnight Days, Marvel 1602, Black Orchid, Legacy of Heorot & Chronicles of El

[black_samvara]

• Polly and the Pirates by Ted Naifeh. Win! Lovely illustrations, gorgeous tale. Polly is a young girl raised to believe her mother was everything a Proper Lady should be, when she is recruited by some pirates to be their queen it turns out that may not have been entirely accurate. I have ascetic_hedony 's copy and must get my own.
• Midnight Days by Neil Gaiman.

Comments

[icouldskateaway]

What age range would you suggest Polly and the Pirates for? It looks charming and I'll be hunting down a copy of my own, but if it's something that's appropriate for, say, a first grader, I'll hunt a little faster.

[black_samvara]

I'd cheerfully inflict on quite young children - especially girls - they might not get some of it but they'll get the 'capable' 'makes decisions' 'is clearly cool' bit :)

[icouldskateaway]

Excellent--thank you. Possibly I shall start looking for that immediately, then, as it might be a suitable Christmas gift.

Also, it's occurred to me to ask if you are on GoodReads, at all. It's like Librarything, but more social, and more--well, and you see more of what your friends are doing without having to check it all of the time.

[black_samvara]

Gah, creating an account on GoodReads: am Black Samvara as always.