Cyrus LongBones and the Curse of the Sea Zombie by Jeremy Mathiesen
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
You wnt boys to read? Keep the action going. Want girls to read it? I wouldn’t. The action is fine. But here’s the female line-up:
An abusive step mother
A zombie water witch
a girl-sister(?) who needed rescuing
It seems you want to grow heroes but don’t want them to be female. And don’t care to teach inclusiveness in any way.
Sorry. All that action was boring to me and I wouldn’t recommennd it to boys or girls for what it doesn’t teach.