Martha - The Vineyard Legend - by Maxwell Burnham (Paperback)

About the Book

Martha - The Vineyard Legend is a YA historical adventure set on Martha's Vineyard in the 1600s, where a brave girl of mixed heritage must fight for family, justice, and survival amid storms, betrayal, and legend.

Book Synopsis

Legends live in the wind, the waves - and one girl's heart.

In the early 1600s, on the island known as Noepe-later called Martha's Vineyard-a young girl grows up between two worlds. Martha, of mixed Wampanoag and European heritage, moves quietly between cultures, listening, observing, and learning what others overlook.

She understands languages others do not. She hears meaning beneath words. And she begins to sense something deeper in the land itself-something ancient, patient, and alive.

When a mysterious arrival stirs unease across the island, Martha is drawn into a journey that will test her courage, loyalty, and identity. As tensions rise between cultures and hidden forces begin to surface, she must decide who she is-and what she is willing to protect.

*Martha - The Vineyard Legend* is a sweeping historical novel of identity, belonging, and the quiet emergence of a voice that will shape the future of an island.

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Martha - The Vineyard Legend, the debut YA historical adventure by Maxwell Burnham, is set on Martha's Vineyard in the 1600s. Perfect for readers of Elizabeth George Speare's The Witch of Blackbird Pond and Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins, the novel blends fast-paced adventure with Indigenous history and myth, centering a strong female protagonist. First in The Vineyard Legend Series. Strong regional and cultural appeal for New England schools, libraries, and readers of YA historical fiction.