The Chronicles of Egg is filled with a bevy of interesting characters. From Egg, who really has a sob story of a life to the pirates who aren’t quite always bad; there is no shortage of interesting people. I do wish that there were more background on all of these characters as they are the part of the book I liked the best. I wasn’t keen on the way Egg’s family behaves towards him or how they disappear and Egg seems to get over it immediately. Granted due to how they acted towards him I can understand not crying buckets, but he often talks about his father’s redeeming qualities, which I would have thought would have inspired more love, it felt off to me. The different locations were inventive and all the horror of the pirates was awesome. The story was simple and cute and middle grade readers will enjoy the adventure throughout.

Reviewed by Jessica for Book Sake.