{"id":10947,"date":"2019-09-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10947"},"modified":"2019-09-10T10:55:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T15:55:56","slug":"do-they-dare-seek-the-malamander-by-thomas-taylor-art-by-tom-booth-mg-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10947","title":{"rendered":"Do they dare seek the MALAMANDER?! by Thomas Taylor, art by Tom Booth (MG book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Secrets throughout the seaside town,
shoes neatly abandoned on the shore,
a man with a boat hook for a hand<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winter winds moan across the shipwreck<\/a> just off the pier and whip snow through Eerie-On-Sea’s cobbled streets, as Violet bursts into Herbie’s office and demands to no longer be lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The young Lost-and-Founder of the Grand Nautilus Hotel hides the girl from his ever-angry hotel manager and a sea captain who stabs his boat-hook hand through wooden trunks seeking her!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her parents vanished from this hotel and left infant Violet behind 12 years ago – will Herbie help her find them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Eerie Book Dispensary postcard is her main clue – will its mechanical monkey prescribe a book for Violet with more information?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A writer in town says that her father’s research on the Malamander was inaccurate – why is he trying to find the unpublished manuscript?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Someone (or something) is attacking those who dare ask questions about the legendary Malamander fish-man, and the two orphaned young teens must connect all the story-threads before they are the next victims!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just published in the US yesterday, Malamander<\/em> is first in a series set in this creepy English town filled with memorable characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What local legends do your friends tell stories about?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: Malamander (Legends of Eerie-On-Sea, book 1) \/ Thomas Taylor; illustrated by Tom Booth. Walker Books US\/Candlewick, 2019. [author site<\/a>] [illustrator site<\/a>] [book series site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy, display pages, and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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