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Hooper, Meredith

The Island That Moved: How Shifting Forces Shape Our Earth

32 pp. | Viking | May, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-670-05882-3 $$16.99
(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Lucia deLeiris. Hooper's text traces the history of a fictitious island off the Antarctic Peninsula. Once part of the supercontinent Pangaea, the island is affected by movements of the earth's plates and, over millions of years, drifts away from the mainland. Some technical information appears at book's end instead of being integrated into the text; deLeiris's color illustrations have a static quality. Ind.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

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