Rumor has it that the legendary Head of the Dragon had one last treasure-the plunder of a thousand ports-that for decades has only been a myth, a fool’s journey. The revelation that Xiang’s father sailed with the Dragon Fleet and tucked away this secret changes everything. Her single memento of him is a pendant she always wears, a simple but plain piece of gold jewelry.īut the pendant’s true nature is revealed when a mysterious girl named Anh steals it, only to return it to Xiang in exchange for her help in decoding the tiny map scroll hidden inside. Her father is also only a story, dead at sea before Xiang was born. She desperately wants to prove her worth, especially to her mother, a shrewd businesswoman who never seems to have enough time for Xiang. Its ruthless leader, a woman known only as the Head of the Dragon, is now only a story, like the ones Xiang has grown up with all her life. Two intrepid girls hunt for a legendary treasure on the deadly high seas in this YA remix of the classic adventure novel Treasure Island.ġ826. The sun is setting on the golden age of piracy, and the legendary Dragon Fleet, the scourge of the South China Sea, is no more. But hope is worth fighting for, and these are stories anchored in hope.A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Like the seemingly harmless rabbits of our Appalachian landscape, we never expected to see our stories rise and fight. We couldn’t have known then that a surprising adventure awaited us as well, an adventure in hospitality, sharing our stories with families around the world. What my daughter and I didn’t know that first day, and would only learn years later, was that hundreds of thousands of children would one day share our little adventure-that it would outgrow the hills of West Virginia and make its way onto every continent on earth.
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These tales carried on for years and became our own private serial adventures. Joined by little brother, we shared this narrative at bedtimes, on walks, and at other stolen moments. The stories we started that day were about a rabbit family caught up in a surprising, epic adventure. Today felt different, and I scanned the natural beauty seen everywhere around us in West Virginia and found these furry, vulnerable creatures hopping around. I often told her tales from out of my mind, improvised in the moment for her delight. I was on the porch with my young daughter, and it was time for one of our stories. Smith lives in West Virginia with his wife and four kids.Ĭonnect with Sam and his work by signing up for his newsletter.Īnd find Sam on… Facebook :: Insta :: Goodreads :: Amazon When he’s not writing adventurous tales of #RabbitsWithSwords in his writing shed, dubbed The Forge, Smith loves to speak to audiences about storytelling, imagination, and seeing yourself as a character in the Story. Smith’s stories are captivating readers across the globe who are hungry for “new stories with an old soul.” Enthusiastic families can’t get enough of these tales. Smith is the author of The Green Ember Series, a bestselling middle-grade adventure saga. The Green Ember has reached hundreds of thousands of readers and spent time as the number one bestselling audiobook in the world on Audible.
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