Orphan Island Contributor(s): Snyder, Laurel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062443410 ISBN-13: 9780062443410 Publisher: Walden Pond Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: May 2017 |
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BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 9-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: 4-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 650(Not Available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 8.5" L (0.80 lbs) 288 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2017 School Library Journal 04/01/2017 pg. 144 Publishers Weekly 03/20/2017 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2017 Booklist 04/15/2017 pg. 53 Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2017 pg. 103 Shelf Awareness 05/30/2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiz #: 189075 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
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Publisher Description: A National Book Award Longlist title A wondrous book, wise and wild and deeply true. --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. Thought-provoking and magical. --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. On the island, everything is perfect. 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. 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. Today's Changing is no different. 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. Jinny knows her responsibility now--to teach Ess everything she needs to know about the island, to keep things as they've always been. 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. 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). |
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Contributor Bio(s): Snyder, Laurel: - Laurel Snyder is the author of picture books and novels for children, including National Book Award nominee Orphan Island and the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner Charlie & Mouse. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she currently teaches in Hamline University's MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program. She lives in Atlanta with her family and can be found online at www.laurelsnyder.com. |
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