New YA Books Hitting Shelves This Week, August 19, 2024
My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
If you loved the adaptation of My Lady Jane, you’ll be excited to know there is a new book in the series hitting shelves this week. This is not the kind of series where you need to read everything in order. You can begin here if you’ve never picked other entries up before.
This is a historical fantasy about pirates that’s a little bit The Little Mermaid and a little bit (a lot bit) inspired by the infamous lady pirate Mary Read.
Mary is experiencing unrequited love. Could be a typical thing, but because Mary is a mermaid, heartbreak means that she’s going to be turned into sea foam.
But she’s not. Instead, she’s lifted from the sea and dropped onto a pirate ship. She joins them, but not because she simply wants to keep living her life. She’s destined to become captain, and when Blackbeard dies, that dream might take her even higher up the pirate ranks.
Will she be able to show her mettle even as a girl? Even with the crush she’s got on Blackbeard’s son? Even with her friend who won’t leave her alone? Mary is sure going to try.
