Twelve-year-old Milagros barely survives an invasion of her tiny, Caribbean island home, escapes with the help of mysterious sea creatures, reunites briefly with her pirate-father, and learns about a mother’s love when cast ashore on another island.
- ISBN: 9780805082302
- Author: Medina, Meg
- Published: 2008, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
- Themes: bullying, Family, Identity, interpersonal relation, island, Magic, missing person, mother and daughter, Pirate
- Descriptors: Caribbean, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), West Indies
- No. of pages: 288