The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone

By Jaclyn Moriarty

Book Overview

Jaclyn Moriarty returns with her first middle-grade novel, a buoyantly high-spirited fantasy adventure.

Bronte Mettlestone is ten years old when her parents are killed by pirates.This does not bother her particularly: her parents ran away to have adventures when she was a baby. She has been raised by her Aunt Isabelle, with assistance from the Butler, and has spent a pleasant childhood of afternoon teas and riding lessons. Now, however, her parents have left detailed instructions for Bronte in their will. (Instructions that, annoyingly, have been reinforced with faery cross-stitch, which means that if she doesn't complete them, terrible things could happen ) She travels the kingdoms, perfectly alone, delivering gifts to ten other aunts: a farmer aunt who owns an orange orchard, a veterinarian aunt who specializes in dragon care, a pair of aunts who captain a cruise ship, and a former rock star aunt who is now the reigning monarch of a small kingdom.But as she travels from aunt to aunt, Bronte suspects there might be more to this journey than the simple delivery of treasure.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1338255843
• ISBN13: 9781338255843
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.6" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7