Heather Fawcett

Princess Noa, aged eleven, Prince Julian, sixteen, and Princess Mite, five, flee their palace when a coup leads to their mother's death, and unlock a long-forgotten magic to reclaim the stolen throne.

The Language of Ghosts

Alexis 

4/5 stars 

I really enjoyed this book. it was a slow start for me and took me just a little bit to get into. However, once I was invested I had a great time and went through the book pretty fast. One of my favorite things about this book is the relationship between these siblings. I find that when it comes to books with siblings ( especially when there is an older sibling in charge) there is always a lot of friction. While that is present, it wasn't as bad and but the relationships realistic. Also, I think my favorite character in this book is beauty, I absolutely loved her! Overall a great read and I had a lot of fun.

Melea Mullican

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Firstly, this cover is quite possibly one of the pretties I have seen in a while. I mean just look at it! I really enjoyed this middle grade. It was unique, fun, and enchanting. I found myself rooting for the characters from start to finish. There were some points where the logic kind of got to me, but overall, I highly recommend!

The Penderwicks meets Howl’s Moving Castle in this thrilling middle grade fantasy adventure about a trio of royal siblings who unlock a long-forgotten magical language in their bid to reclaim their stolen throne—from Ember and the Ice Dragons author Heather Fawcett. Perfect for fans of Kelly Barnhill and Robert Beatty. Forced into exile on an enchanted, moving island, ex-princess Noa Marchena has two missions: reclaim her family’s stolen throne and ensure that the dark powers her older brother, Julian, possesses don’t go to his head in the process. But between babysitting her annoying little sister, Mite, and keeping an eye on the cake-loving sea monster that guards the moving island, Noa has her hands full. When the siblings learn that their enemies are searching for a weapon capable of defeating Julian—whose legendary spell weaving is feared throughout the kingdom—once and for all, they vow to get to it first. To everyone’s surprise, the key to victory turns out to be a long-lost magical language—and only Noa can speak it. But what if by helping her brother, Noa ends up losing him?

Lisa Beasley

This was really cute, Noa was a brilliant character and I love how she keeps her older brother in check and worries about him. I do wish she had been a bit nicer to her younger sister though, poor Mite deserved to be listened to as well. There is one moment in the book when Mite wishes Noa would do things Mite wanted to do sometimes and it just about broke my heart. 

Other than that it was a really fun middle grade story and it kept me wanting to read - or listen in my case as I had the audiobook. 

A solid 4 star read.

The Language of Ghosts

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