Rita Monette has done it again with her
middle grade adventure Nikki Landry Swamp
Legend series! In her second instalment, The Curse At Pirate’s Cove, Monette weaves a very different tale
where Nikki and her friends get into a heap of trouble via time traveling. Now
that’s a genre right up my alley!
The
author also includes a glossary of Cajun words at the beginning of her novel,
as well as sources for further research in the “author’s notes” section at the
end of her book. Monette certainly bridges the past with the present in her
latest swamp romp! So what’s my take on a story set in a place that can conjure
up some pretty scary images? This is what I posted on Amazon and Goodreads…
Rita
Monette’s latest romp in the swamp is a 4 Star Winner!
Be
careful what you wish for—it might come true! Rita Monette’s first book, The Legend of Ghost Dog Island in her Nikki Landry Swamp Legend series may
have transported us back to Louisiana, circa 1956, and into Nikki Landry’s
world, but Monette’s sequel The Curse At
Pirate’s Cove took it to the next level of adventure by taking us time
traveling in the Louisiana bayous. A carefully-crafted story about friendship,
the power of belief, and finding the truth, Monette continues to serve up her unique
brand of literary gumbo with a flavor of down-home Cajun dialogue, and
wonderful illustrations. In this story, 11-year-old, Nikki makes a wish which
starts a chain reaction that sends her, her friends, and her dog Snooper into
Louisiana’s past to deal with a curse, a lost treasure, and a nasty crew of
pirates. Hold onto your hat, matey, it’s gonna be a bumpy Cajun ride!
The Curse At Pirates Cove would be a great addition in any classroom setting to learn
and study about the history of Louisiana, and what it was like for the Cajun
people during the middle of the 20th century. My stomach is already grumbling
for Ms. Monette’s next Nikki Landry Swamp
Legend installment due out September 17th, 2016, through Mirror
World Publishing.
Tagline
and Blurb:
“When one man’s treasure is another
man’s curse"
Nikki Landry is turning eleven years
old, and is looking forward to riding her bike to school. That is until it
falls apart. Papa can’t afford a new one. Is she doomed to ride the smelly old
school bus from now on?
Hearing of an old pirate ship, and a
legend about long-ago pirates burying treasure on a nearby swamp island, Nikki
sees a way out. But when she makes a birthday wish for the pirate’s gold,
things go terribly wrong. Did her wish trigger an ancient curse?
Join Nikki and her friends as they
find themselves sailing away aboard a haunted schooner with ghostly pirates
into the Gulf of Mexico … and into the year eighteen fourteen.
How will they ever find their way
back home?
Purchase Links:
Amazon:
http://amzn.to/1HG1d39
Mirror World Publishing:
http://mirror-world-publishing.myshopify.com/collections/adventure/products/the-curse-at-pirates-cove
Chapters:
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-curse-at-pirates-cove/9781987976021-item.html?ikwid=Rita+Monette&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0
Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-curse-at-pirates-cove-rita-monette/1120806662?ean=9781987976021
Amazon:
http://amzn.to/1HG1d39
Mirror World Publishing:
http://mirror-world-publishing.myshopify.com/collections/adventure/products/the-curse-at-pirates-cove
Chapters:
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-curse-at-pirates-cove/9781987976021-item.html?ikwid=Rita+Monette&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0
Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-curse-at-pirates-cove-rita-monette/1120806662?ean=9781987976021
Meet the Author:
Rita
Monette was born and raised in Southwest
Louisiana. She loves to write stories set in the
Her middle grade series, The Nikki
Landry Swamp Legends, is based on tales told by her father—who made his living
in those bayous—of reasons to stay out of the swamp.
She currently lives with her
husband, four lap dogs, and one lap cat, in the mountains of Tennessee. Besides
writing and illustrating, she loves watching the many birds that make their habitat
on the Cumberland Plateau, working in the garden, and frequenting waterfalls.
Connect with Rita Monette:
Twitter https://twitter.com/RitaMonette
