A good book I have recently read is The Lost Island of Tamarind by Nadia Aguiar. This book tells the amazing story of a 13 year old girl named Maya who explores a hidden and magical island with her younger brother Simon, and her baby sister Penny. Maya, Simon, and Penny have spent their entire lives aboard the Pamela Jane, their family ship, and now Maya wishes for some change. But she never thought she would fight on a pirate ship, become friends with a boy named Helix, and actually miss being on the Pamela Jane so much. Her life gets even more complicated when she lives in a treehouse village, climbs thousands of miles of snowy mountains, and meets a giant and some mermaids. Not to mention the kidnapping baboons and jaguars, and the child-snatching Lady Who Rides the Jaguar.
In a dreadful storm, Maya's parents are washed off the boat and are missing. It is up to Maya, as the eldest, to take care of her younger siblings and find her parents while surviving The Lost Island of Tamarind.
~Ash
