Laurel Snyder
Hardcover | Pages: 269 pages Rating: 3.66 | 7283 Users | 1548 Reviews
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| Title | : | Orphan Island |
| Author | : | Laurel Snyder |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 269 pages |
| Published | : | May 30th 2017 by Walden Pond Press |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Middle Grade. Fantasy. Fiction. Magical Realism. Young Adult |
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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, RickRiordan.com
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?
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| Original Title: | Orphan Island |
| ISBN: | 0062443410 (ISBN13: 9780062443410) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | National Book Awards Nominee (2017) |
Rating Containing Books Orphan Island
Ratings: 3.66 From 7283 Users | 1548 ReviewsCriticism Containing Books Orphan Island
Could there be a sequel? The ending makes sense, but I have so many other questions about what happened.Please oh please let there be a sequel!For people who scoff at adults who read and study children's literature because it isn't literary enough, this is one of the first books I will point them to. There are so many unanswered questions in this book and important themes that will lead to quality discussions with students. This would be a fantastic story for book clubs or literature circles.
This is one of those books that haunts you long after you read it. The premise is simple enough: A mysterious island with exactly nine inhabitants, all children. Every year or so, a self-piloting boat appears out of the strange fog that encircles the island. The boat drops off a new young child so young he/she only has the vaguest idea of where he/she comes from and the oldest child in the group gets in the boat and sails away forever, going to . . . whatever is beyond the mist. The
I don't really understand how this book is so good. It feels like the author somehow managed to subvert my mind in its opinions of what makes a page-turner, what makes for good emotional investment, what makes something compelling or beautiful or fun or terrifying or sad or happy or simple or complex.Snyder has managed to mold not only a stunning gem of a story, but also her readers' minds, as we follow Jinny's progression from stubborn certainty to uneasy uncertainty. In her story, we can see
This is one of those books that haunts you long after you read it. The premise is simple enough: A mysterious island with exactly nine inhabitants, all children. Every year or so, a self-piloting boat appears out of the strange fog that encircles the island. The boat drops off a new young child so young he/she only has the vaguest idea of where he/she comes from and the oldest child in the group gets in the boat and sails away forever, going to . . . whatever is beyond the mist. The
ARC provided by publisher at ALAJinny lives on an island with either other orphans, which, according to a saying, is the number that must be preserved to keep "the sky from falling". To this end, every year one child arrives in a boat, and one leaves. This year, Jinny's best friend is the oldest child and must leave, and Ess arrives. As the new oldest child, it falls to Jinny to take care of Ess and instruct her in the ways of the island. She teaches her to read and swim, and realizes that this
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