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This opening novel of the Elizabeth Latimer, Pirate Hunter YA series is a fast-paced, exciting read with an emphasis on events, action, and snappy dialogue, and featuring a feisty 18-year-old (though we're not told her exact age until a few chapters in), 21st-century heroine. Liz's mom, Tess Rackham, formerly taught the Archaeology of Piracy class at the Univ. of Victoria (for U.S. readers, this is in Canada --British Columbia, near Vancouver). But after Liz's dad, also a pirate-lore enthusiast, was lost in a sailing accident four years before the book opens, she went into the business of marine salvage, dredging up wrecked pirate ships. Near the book's beginning, Liz learns that now Tess is missing and presumed lost at sea, in the Bermuda Triangle area. This leads her to the discovery of a maritime vortex that enables a trip through time, back to the early 1700s, the heyday of piracy.

Cannon incorporates solid historical knowledge of real-life pirates "Calico Jack" Rackham, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and other historical figures into her tale; history is supplemented (generously!) here, but never actually contradicted. On the question of whether or not time travelers can change the past, she comes down on the affirmative side --which means that our heroine has to be very careful NOT too, lest she extinguish her own bloodline as a result! Several of the characterizations here are quite lifelike, starting with Liz herself, and she's drawn with some complexity: partly as pirate-fascinated as her parents, but also attracted to a prosaic, landlocked business career without danger, she's not without issues related to her dad's abrupt death and Tess' not very hands-on parenting of Liz and her 14-year-old sister Lu. Good at competitive fencing and taught by her dad to sail small boats, she's got guts, thinks quickly and resourcefully, and is a strong swimmer. But she's no superwoman, and her skills have believable limitations. The author handles language capably, and the tech-talk, texting terms and nautical jargon aren't so extensive or hard to understand that they would pose much problem for most readers.

To move the plot in the way she wants, in several cases Cannon has characters make decisions with rationales that aren't clearly explained, and/or that didn't seem to me to be what they'd really have decided in the circumstances; and some difficult problem situations are, IMO, solved too neatly or coincidentally. Liz (and Tess, to some extent) have unexplained telepathic abilities that stretch credibility a bit too far; and while C. J. the parrot is cute, both he and the horse Fancy are portrayed as way more intelligent than parrots and horses actually are. But these flaws weren't deal-breakers for me.

There's no explicit sex here (and little reference to sex overall), and the depiction of violence is clearly restrained and not graphic. The same is true of bad language; we have some mild cussing and vulgarism, but it's well within the bounds of legitimate realism.


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The Pirate Vortex Elizabeth Latimer Pirate Hunter Deborah Cannon Books Reviews

What a great YA novel! When I was in my teens many years ago, this is exactly the kind of book I'd have been drawn to. As a teenager? Not necessarily, I loved it as a long-in-the-tooth adult. I'm sure my grandchildren will love it, too.

Pirates, adventure, time travel, teen protagonists, what's not to love! Deborah Cannon, you have a wonderful knack of creating a great story with fact amongst your fiction. This book was completely up to date in the present time, and very well researched in the 18th century when pirates ruled the ocean highways and byways.

Elizabeth Latimer, Liz to friends, Lizabeth to younger sister Lulu (Lu), and Pirate Hunter on-line is the main protagonist. Their mother has disappeared while doing ocean archaeology in the Caribbean. Not just ocean archaeology, but searching for clues for her lost husband, following a pirate by the name of Jack Rackham, or Calico Jack. She feels her answers are related to him. She is searching in the 18th century. How did she get there you might well ask. Well, the reason is in the title. There is an anomaly which is much like a vortex/waterspout/whirlpool, and it is sitting right near mother Tess's salvage barge in Nassau. Between Tess and her sister Stephanie (Stevie), they have determined that this vortex shows up every so often, and not always in the same place, but is much like a wormhole.

When Tess disappears, it is suspected that she was caught in the vortex, and taken someplace else. It takes awhile, but it becomes certain that she is in Nassau in the 18th century. When the police are about to give up their search, Liz becomes adamant that she will go find her. She is a top fencer, and is joined by Wang, who was a student of Tess, Lu, who sneaks in along with C.J., their parrot, named for Calico Jack. CJ proves very helpful on the trip as at times he is able to communicate with Liz telepathically, and give her information and warnings. They are also joined by the mysterious Daniel. Nobody knows anything about him, where he is from or maybe what time he is from, but he is an expert swordsman and fencer too.

Liz goes into the vortex, wearing Lu's pocket PC in case connections can be made because Lu is a superb computer genius, and can find information they need very quickly. Fortunately the pocket PC works because Liz is in for a lot of dangerous and terrible conflicts in this century. A lot of realism worked into the plot, chases and risks. When Liz does find Tess, she learns that her mother does not intend to return through this vortex because she is certain she can find their father in this time. She forces Liz and her group to return through the vortex while there is still time, it will be closing within hours. What Liz has learned is that if something isn't restored from/to the 18th century, Tess, Liz, Lulu, and Stevie will cease to exist.

The excitement, feeling of adventure, pirating, time travel, remains through the book keeping the reader happy and wanting more. All agree it is imperative that they should be returned home quickly and may even be helpful in Tess's search. Where she will eventually surface is anyone's guess, all they know is that the vortex moves around and will one day return. I definitely feel the need to know more, just as Liz does. This book wraps you up in chapters and doesn't want to let you go. Fun and fascinating, illuminating, and just which man holds her heart? Wang or Daniel? Or will there be another tossed into the mix. Loved this book! All ages would likely enjoy it, but particularly 12 and up.
This opening novel of the Elizabeth Latimer, Pirate Hunter YA series is a fast-paced, exciting read with an emphasis on events, action, and snappy dialogue, and featuring a feisty 18-year-old (though we're not told her exact age until a few chapters in), 21st-century heroine. Liz's mom, Tess Rackham, formerly taught the Archaeology of Piracy class at the Univ. of Victoria (for U.S. readers, this is in Canada --British Columbia, near Vancouver). But after Liz's dad, also a pirate-lore enthusiast, was lost in a sailing accident four years before the book opens, she went into the business of marine salvage, dredging up wrecked pirate ships. Near the book's beginning, Liz learns that now Tess is missing and presumed lost at sea, in the Bermuda Triangle area. This leads her to the discovery of a maritime vortex that enables a trip through time, back to the early 1700s, the heyday of piracy.

Cannon incorporates solid historical knowledge of real-life pirates "Calico Jack" Rackham, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and other historical figures into her tale; history is supplemented (generously!) here, but never actually contradicted. On the question of whether or not time travelers can change the past, she comes down on the affirmative side --which means that our heroine has to be very careful NOT too, lest she extinguish her own bloodline as a result! Several of the characterizations here are quite lifelike, starting with Liz herself, and she's drawn with some complexity partly as pirate-fascinated as her parents, but also attracted to a prosaic, landlocked business career without danger, she's not without issues related to her dad's abrupt death and Tess' not very hands-on parenting of Liz and her 14-year-old sister Lu. Good at competitive fencing and taught by her dad to sail small boats, she's got guts, thinks quickly and resourcefully, and is a strong swimmer. But she's no superwoman, and her skills have believable limitations. The author handles language capably, and the tech-talk, texting terms and nautical jargon aren't so extensive or hard to understand that they would pose much problem for most readers.

To move the plot in the way she wants, in several cases Cannon has characters make decisions with rationales that aren't clearly explained, and/or that didn't seem to me to be what they'd really have decided in the circumstances; and some difficult problem situations are, IMO, solved too neatly or coincidentally. Liz (and Tess, to some extent) have unexplained telepathic abilities that stretch credibility a bit too far; and while C. J. the parrot is cute, both he and the horse Fancy are portrayed as way more intelligent than parrots and horses actually are. But these flaws weren't deal-breakers for me.

There's no explicit sex here (and little reference to sex overall), and the depiction of violence is clearly restrained and not graphic. The same is true of bad language; we have some mild cussing and vulgarism, but it's well within the bounds of legitimate realism.