From the acclaimed author of Bigger Than a Breadbox comes a deep, compelling, heartbreaking, and completely one-of-a-kind novel about nine children who live on a mysterious island.
Anyone who has ever been scared of leaving their family will love this book (from the Brightly.com review, which named Orphan Island a best book of 2017)..
But will she be ready for the inevitable day when the boat will come back--and take her away forever from the only home she\'s known? A unique and compelling story about nine children who live with no adults on a mysterious island.
Jinny knows her responsibility now--to teach Ess everything she needs to know about the island, to keep things as they\'ve always been.
The boat arrives, taking away Jinny\'s best friend, Deen, replacing him with a new little girl named Ess, and leaving Jinny as the new Elder.
Today\'s Changing is no different.
And only one thing ever changes: on that day, each year, when a boat appears from the mist upon the ocean carrying one young child to join them--and taking the eldest one away, never to be seen again.
The sun rises in a sky filled with dancing shapes; the wind, water, and trees shelter and protect those who live there; when the nine children go to sleep in their cabins, it is with full stomachs and joy in their hearts.
On the island, everything is perfect. --Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series In the tradition of modern-day classics like Sara Pennypacker\'s Pax and Lois Lowry\'s The Giver comes a deep, compelling, heartbreaking, and completely one-of-a-kind novel about nine children who live on a mysterious island.
Thought-provoking and magical. --Kelly Barnhill, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Girl Who Drank the Moon This is one of those books that haunts you long after you read it.
A National Book Award Longlist title A wondrous book, wise and wild and deeply true.
A National Book Award Longlist title.
From the acclaimed author of Bigger Than a Breadbox comes a deep, compelling, heartbreaking, and completely one-of-a-kind novel about nine children who live on a mysterious island
