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Pauline C. Harris has an imagination so free it's almost liquid. I LOVE her morphings of familiar tales into territory so uncharted you can't put her books down. She's a fountain of stories and a brilliant young writer, and though her fiction may be classified for teens, it overflows that boundary and is a wicked-good read for all ages. I think the best thing about her books is that they surprise. Get off the beaten track and be taken by surprise. And she'll not only do that for you once, she does it in every book she writes. I'm collecting her.


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Hourglass Pauline C Harris 9781680460506 Books Reviews

This is a Young Adult, science fiction, retelling of Peter Pan! (SO COOL.)
This book follows a girl, Jude, who was rescued from a mysterious planet after her hand had just been cut off. (CRAZY!) She grows up on a spaceship named Hourglass. Her family are pirates, which means they find old spaceships in space and take their parts and sell them. (Illegally.) After her dad dies she inherits the spaceship, Hourglass. After she assembles a teenaged crew they fly back out to space. Not too far off from Earth they come across a planet that is uncharted. Jude soon finds out this is the planet that she is from and she never should have left....(dun dun dun...)
This book was so good and so captivating! I need more books!! The ending was such a cliffhanger!
Overall I gave this book a 4 out of 5 stars! I definitely recommend it.
“A planet isn’t big enough for me. I need space and stars and nothing for light-years around.” ( Locations 312-313).
“You know, it’s a shame. Growing up. I bet you regret it now.” ( Location 1632).

Jude “Judy” Sprocket hates planets. She has to get off Earth. When her dad dies and wills her his ship “Hourglass” she decides to take it and get out of there. There is only one problem. She’s only 17 and without an adult present cannot legally take off. Her crew is full of underage and excited kids. Jacob Holden is her chief engineer at 16. Angelica Rivers is the Assistant Engineer and Salvager. Gregory Miller is a Salvager. Jacobson Keith is a salvager. Sylvia Smith is the medic. Judy is the Captain.

Nothing will stand in the way of the stubborn captain, they are pirates after all, and they don’t exactly follow the rules. Not far from Earth, though, they encounter an uncharted planet. There is no way a planet this close to Earth would remain unknown, but the crew disregards any common sense they might have regarding an unmarked planet, and set down to investigate. Then all nightmares break loose.

I loved the concept of this book. Harris cleverly disguised the connection of the book to a well-known children’s story, but brought this connection to light in her before chapter quotes. Her usage of elements of the well-known story was intriguing and kept me hooked and searching for more similarities. But, this story was unique and all its own, even with the comparison story and similarities present.

The idea that there are space pirates who steal unwanted floating space junk is cool, especially when it is considered illegal. Harris took the hilarity of regulation and ridiculous government rules into space. Harris basically extrapolated what we know about travel and Earth and regulations and applied it to space.

Harris kept up the tension and intrigue throughout the novel and kept her twists and turns within the realm of possibility. The story was exciting and the descriptions were great. Judy was a good, solid main character with her own set of flaws and fears, but she had backbone when it counted.

The book also had an uncanny ability to translate the sense of creepiness, horror and dread the characters felt at times.

Disclaimer I was given a free copy of this story in exchange for my honest review.
A real unique re-telling of Peter Pan, this time from the pirate's perspective. The Hook character is a girl (yes, she's lost her hand) who inherits a star ship from her father. She takes the ship, Hourglass, on a journey where strange things ensue on a very strange planet.
Pauline C. Harris has an imagination so free it's almost liquid. I LOVE her morphings of familiar tales into territory so uncharted you can't put her books down. She's a fountain of stories and a brilliant young writer, and though her fiction may be classified for teens, it overflows that boundary and is a wicked-good read for all ages. I think the best thing about her books is that they surprise. Get off the beaten track and be taken by surprise. And she'll not only do that for you once, she does it in every book she writes. I'm collecting her.