Aguiar, Nadia. The Great Wave of Tamarind.
Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends 2017 372p $16.99 Hardback
ISBN 978-0-312-38031-1 ms Fantasy
E-BN
This is the third title in the Tamarind trilogy,
and it also stands alone very well.
Granny Pearl sends Penny out on her own in search of Tamarind. Previously, she was with her brother and
sister as a baby and again at age five.
Now at twelve she must persevere alone.
Adrift in a rowboat with only her parrot for company, she finds herself
suddenly in Tamarind, but in an area where she has never been before. Things are not the same. Portals to scary and mysterious places keep
opening, a beast is wreaking havoc, and all anyone talks about is the Great
Wave that is coming. With new friends,
Penny sets out to perform the three quests that will allow her to become the
Bloom Catcher. She hopes the magic will
cure her grandmother. Penny has to
survive ocean depths and the perils of the jungle and outwit the cunning
creature who wreaks havoc.
The settings and adventures are highly imaginative and
very exciting. The author has created a magical world that is at once
delightful and frightening. Penny shows
spunk, imagination, and great determination through her adventures. The novel is a delight to read and will be
enjoyed by middle-school readers. It
would be an excellent purchase for middle-school libraries -- an imaginative,
action-packed fantasy.
Summary: Penny returns to Tamarind without her brother
and sister. She is on a quest to be the
Bloom Catcher and help her grandmother.
This novel is an amazing imaginative creation. Sequel to The Lost Island of Tamarind
and Secrets of Tamarind. Grades
5-8.
Quest-Fiction --Joan
Theal
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