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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2015 | Middle Grade
Gr 4–6—When 12-year-old Avis Dolphin alights onto the Lusitania, she asks herself, "Why can't someone write one [adventure story] about a girl? Girls like magic and adventure, too." Indeed, many a girl will identify with this inequity that Wishinsky seeks to address with this illustrated work, a genre-busting fantasy with graphic novel-type images, crossed with a work of historical fiction. The timely book follows the titular character's journey aboard the Lusitania on its ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on April 1, 2015
Rumors of German U-boats and the prospect of a new school in England make twelve-year-old Avis Dolphin nervous about traveling on the Lusitania. Once aboard, however, the most she has to contend with are petty rivalries between her two older chaperones, both on the lookout for eligible bachelors. Only the warm friendship of Professor Holbourn, laird of a tiny Scottish island, brings Avis diversion -- that, and the dramatic serial story he tells her, of shipwreck, courage, and an adven...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Aboard the <i>Lusitania</i>, twelve-year-old Avis Dolphin befriends Professor Holbourn, who tells her a dramatic serial story of shipwreck, courage, and a gir...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
