The only people who can help him sort out the mystery of why he's been marked for death are Millicent and a one-handed, possibly deranged cabin boy.Ĭome along for the ride. If they are all as exciting, enthusiastic, and enthralling as Deadweather and Sunrise, The Chronicles of Egg will be a huge hit among kids and adults wise enough to understand many middle grade novels have great writing. His complete series will be a minimum of three books. I ripped through it in one day, which is really fast for me, and if you like adventure novels, I highly recommend you grab a copy when it is published. Suddenly, Egg's running for his life in a bewildering world of cutthroat pirates, villainous businessmen, and strange Native legends. Deadweather and Sunrise is Geoff Rodkey’s imaginative debut novel. Deadweather and Sunrise Avast, ye readers I just finished reading the advanced copy of a great book that’s coming out next month: Deadweather and Sunrise by Geoff Rodkey. Until someone tries to throw him off a cliff. Not that Egg's life was ever easy, growing up on sweaty, pirate-infested Deadweather Island with no company except an incompetent tutor and a pair of unusually violent siblings who hate his guts.īut when Egg's father hustles their family off on a mysterious errand to fabulously wealthy Sunrise Island, then disappears with the siblings in a freak accident, Egg finds himself a long-term guest at the mansion of the glamorous Pembroke family and their beautiful, sharp-tongued daughter Millicent.įinally, life seems perfect.
It's tough to be 13, especially when somebody's trying to kill you. A stunning middle-grade debut - full of heart, humor, and nonstop action. In this rousing debut novel, first in the Chronicles of Egg trilogy, screenwriter Rodkey turns his attention to.
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