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Snyder, Laurel

Orphan Island

273 pp. | HarperCollins/Walden Pond | May, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-244341-0 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-06-244343-4
(2) 4-6 Nine children live alone on an idyllic island. Every year, a small green boat arrives, taking away the oldest child and bringing another new inhabitant. But when the boat comes for elder Jinny, she decides she's not ready to leave the only home she's known. Snyder's tribute to the painful aspects of growing up is elegant in its simplicity.
Reviewer: Sarah Rettger | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2017

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