This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what we’re waiting patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) for! It’s hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine!
Bestselling and award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes reimagines the classic novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson in this thrilling adventure set in modern-day Manhattan, in which three children must navigate the city’s hidden history, dodge a threatening crew of skater kids, and decide who they can really trust in order to hunt down a long-buried treasure. Three kids. One dog. And the island of Manhattan, laid out in an old treasure map. Zane is itching for an adventure that will take him away from his family’s boarding house in Rockaway, Queens. So when he is entrusted with a real treasure map, leading to a spot somewhere in Manhattan, Zane wastes no time in riding the ferry over to the city to start the search with his friends Kiko and Jack and his dog, Hip-Hop. Through strange coincidence, they meet a man who is eager to help them find the John, a sailor who knows all about the buried history of Black New Yorkers of centuries past—and the gold that is hidden somewhere in those stories. As a vicious rival skateboard crew follows them around the city, Zane and his friends begin to wonder who they can really trust. And soon it becomes clear that treasure hunting is a dangerous business… Jewell Parker Rhodes has written a version of Treasure Island like none you’ve never seen—one that takes the reader through little-known Black history, and under the city of Manhattan itself.
Published by: Quill Tree Books
Expected Publication: October 3, 2023
Why I’m Waiting: I literally stopped reading after the first sentence and immediately added this to my TBR. I’m already a Rhodes fan girl, so when I saw this I didn’t really need much convincing. This is also MG, so I’m interested in how that’s going to go with all these things happening and why they’re alone. Also there is a dog, so that sealed it as an automatic read for me lmao
What about you? Have you read Jewell Parker Rhodes? Do you like re-tellings? Let me know in the comments!
Awesome pick! I hope you’re able to snag an early copy of this one! Pretty sure you’ll love it!
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