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61) Stay
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Simon Pulse hardcover ed.
Language
English
Description
In a remote corner of Washington State where she and her father have gone to escape her obsessive boyfriend, Clara meets two brothers who captain a sailboat, a lighthouse keeper with a secret, and an old friend of her father who knows his secrets.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
H.G. Wells' terrifying classic tale of science run amok Edward Prendick is shipwrecked and finds himself stranded on an island in the Pacific. Here he meets the sinister Dr. Moreau, a vivisectionist driven out of Britain in disgrace. Strange events soon cause Prendick to uncover the full horror of Dr Moreau's activities on the island. This science fiction classic mixes discussion on the divide between humans and the animal kingdom and chilling macabre...
64) My island
Author
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A young girl imagines living on an island filled with birds, animals, flowers, and song where her friends, including the reader, are always welcome.
65) The maze cutter
Author
Series
Maze cutter trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Sadina, Isaac, and Jackie all learned about the unkind history of the Gladers from The Book of Newt and tall tales from Old Man Frypan, but when a rusty old boat shows up one day with a woman bearing dark news of the mainland--everything changes. The group and their islander friends are forced to embark back to civilization where they find Cranks have evolved into a more violent, intelligent version of themselves. The islanders are hunted by the...
66) Robinson Crusoe
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the tale of Englishman Robinson Crusoe, who, after becoming the sole survivor of a 1659 shipwreck, lives on a deserted island for more than twenty-eight years.
Author
Series
Octonauts volume 4
Publisher
Immedium
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st hardcover ed.
Language
English
Description
When the Octonauts, a team of eight animals who explore the ocean, discover a bleached and abandoned coral reef, they learn about the important relationships among animals, plants, and their habitats.
68) Giant island
Author
Language
English
Description
"Under Grandpa's watchful eye, the kids are thrilled to discover that the craggy rocks, tufted grass, and windswept trees on Giant Island are much more than they seem. Are the children the first to fathom this huge secret, or does Grandpa have a secret of his own?"--
69) Bad hare day
Author
Series
Mutant Bunny Island volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After his Uncle Zeke is put in prison for a crime he didn't commit, Perry Owens and his friends try to prove that his uncle is innocent, as they deal with the mystery of destructive microstorms that are appearing all over Bunny island.
70) Bear island
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Louise and her family are sad over the loss of their beloved dog, Charlie. "Life will not be the same," Louise says, as she visits a little island that Charlie loved. But on a visit to the island after Charlie's death, something strange happens: She meets a bear. At first, she's afraid, but soon she realizes that the bear is sad, too. As Louise visits more often, she realizes that getting over loss takes time"--
Author
Series
Isla of adventure volume 2
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First LIttle Simon hardcover edition, First Little Simon paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
While on vacation at her family cabana, eight-year-old Isla Verde along with best friend Tora and gecko Fitz, search for the mysterious Canto Coast namesake--a mermaid.
Author
Publisher
Keylight Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Caitlin's parents decide to move to the British Virgin Islands, Caitlin reinvents herself and goes from overachiever to one of the popular kids, but finds she does not have much in common with her new persona.
73) Island of spies
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In 1942, twelve-year-old Stick Lawson and her two best friends, Rain and Neb, set out to discover the Nazi spies they believe are helping orchestrate U-boat attacks on American ships off the coast of Hatteras Island.
75) Fog Island
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press Limited
Pub. Date
2013, ©2012.
Language
English
Description
Finn and Cara get lost on Fog Island knowing no one has ever returned. Will they return and if they do will people believe what they have seen on Fog Island?
76) Jubilee
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Judith stopped talking long ago when Mom left her in the care of beloved Aunt Cora. Going back into a regular fifth-grade classroom won't be easy, but she has her Dog and new friend who will help her through"--
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 7
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows twelve-year-old Emily who, finding herself swept up in an ancient prophecy, is conflicted by her promise to her best friend, Shona, and her desire to save the islands inhabitants
78) The lake house
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Claire’s grown up triple-checking locks. Counting her steps. Second-guessing every decision. It’s just how she’s wired—her worst-case scenarios never actually come true. Until she arrives at an off-the-grid summer camp to find a blackened, burned husk instead of a lodge—and no survivors, except her and two other late arrivals: Reyva and Mariana. When the three girls find a dead body in the woods, they realize none of this is an accident....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Growing up on a island where the powerful Prosper family controls both the magic and the spirits who inhibit it, eighteen-year-old Mae longs for magic of her own to impress her best friend Coco and her crush Miles, but when the spirits start inexplicablydying, Mae and her friends start to the unravel the mysteries of the island and a secret from Mae's past. Loosely based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and set in the 1920s.
80) Celestia
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Celestia has become an outpost for criminals and other misfits, as well as a refuge for a group of young telepaths. Events push two of them, Dora and Pierrot, to flee the island and set sail to the mainland. There, they discover a world on the precipiceof a metamorphosis, though also a world where adults are literally prisoners of their own fortresses, unintentionally preserving the "old world" at a time when a new generation could guide society...
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