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Violence
Some
Adventure action and some combat in the swashbuckling fantasy register
Language
Barely any
Mild language throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild romantic content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Mild: a thoroughly enjoyable adventure with light emotional stakes and genuine warmth
What this book is about
Tress lives on a small island in a sea covered in dangerous spore-bearing plants, rarely thinking beyond her small world — until the boy she loves is kidnapped by a powerful sorceress. She builds a boat and sails the Emerald Sea, encountering pirates, a lunatic, and a ship's captain with her own agenda. Sanderson's most accessible and charming novel, written in the tradition of classic adventure romance with a wonderfully warm narrator.
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