Reason for Reading: Read aloud to my 10yo ds.

Both my son and I love animal fantasy and loved The Daring Adventures of Penhaligon Brush that it was obvious that we would read together this sequel. And I'm happy to report we both enjoyed this very much as well. In fact, I'll say ds enjoyed it more than I did simply because of the theme this time around including sailing the seas and pirates, which he absolutely adores. This book is a sequel to the first and while events and characters (n More...

Reviewed by Holly Owen for TeensReadToo.com

How far would you go to save a loved one's life? Would you board a rickety ship captained by an ornery, money-hungry cat? Or jump into a tangle of seaweed where a sea serpent lies in wait? Or even travel to an island rumored to be inhabited by fierce creatures? Penhaligon Brush did all that and more. He's a fox with an eye for adventure, a head for medicinal healing, and a heart as pure as gold.

When his adopted wolf cub, Donald, More...

Good adventure with pirates, sea serpents and a curse.
I didn't read the first adventure by Rogan so it took a little while to figure out the characters but I really enjoyed the characters from the rogues to the good guys.. It was a fast moving plot. Boys would enjoy the action!

The really liked it is all Z. For me, it was a fine yarn but not any type of amazing stick-with-you book of childhood, partially because I felt like the author mixed "period" types of dialect and detail with modern language like "totally" in a somewhat ineffective way. And that shows how spoiled I have been by great children's literature lately.

This is the sequel to the much-enjoyed "Daring Adventures of Penhaligon Brush," in which Penhaligon as adopted two Romany (read: gypsy) wolf cubs, one of whom has now come down with Febra Lupi, aka the curse of the romany wolves. To save his cub from wolf fever, he must travel far and wide to find Stony Lunacrop, a crucial herb for the cure. Here there be dragons. Sea dragons. Also, a cranky cat with a hilarious accent and a guinea pig with a mohawk. Plus, a reunion of sorts with the t More...

Delightful!

More fantasy than the first book; just as much adventure.