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Author
Series
Cherry Ames nurse stories volume 14
Publisher
Springer Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c1960
Language
English
Description
Nurse Cherry Ames uncovers a mining mystery when she travels to a remote island off the coast of Newfoundland to care for an ulcer patient.
42) Going places
Author
Series
Piper Green and the fairy tree volume 4
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf/Yearling
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Hidden in the fairy hole of the red maple tree are x-ray vision glasses that Piper takes to school to use as her class learns about traveling to China.
Author
Series
Leven Thumps volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the fifth and final volume of the epic saga of Leven Thumps, all of Foo is rushing madly to exit the realm of dreams while Leven is headed in the opposite direction. Fate snatches him to the island of Alder, where he is poised to pass or fail the final test. Meanwhile, in Reality, Ezra and Dennis are welcoming those flowing out of Foo-but only so they can selfishly conquer them and gain control of both realms. Phoebe is loose, and it takes Geth...
44) The sea pony
Author
Series
Piper Green and the fairy tree volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf/Yearling
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
On an island off the coast of Maine, where children ride lobster boats to school, Piper wants a horse but finds, instead, another object hidden in the red maple tree.
Author
Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Minecraft: The Island by Max Brooks, #1 New York Times bestselling author of World War Z, is the first official Minecraft novel. In the tradition of iconic stories like Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island, Minecraft: The Island will tell the story of a new hero stranded in the world of Minecraft, who must survive the harsh, unfamiliar environment and unravel the secrets of the island.
46) Storm-wake
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Moss lives alone with her magician father and a dog on a magical island, until a tempest sweeps a wild, not-quite-human boy, Callan, onto its beaches, and the two grow close, despite her father's worries--and then one day, a young man from the outside world is shipwrecked on her island, and after that nothing will be the same again.
48) Given to the sea
Author
Series
Given duet (Mindy McGinnis) volume 1
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Khosa is destined to be sacrificed to the sea and struggles understand her destiny as the kingdom comes under attack and the ocean threatens to destroy them all"--
49) Deeplight
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: For centuries the gods of the Undersea ruled the islands of the Myriad through awe and terror: they were very real, and very dangerous. Sacrifices were hurled into the waters to appease them, and every boat was painted with pleading eyes to entreat their mercy. They were served, feared and adored. Then, thirty years ago, the gods rose up in madness and tore each other apart. Now, none remain. The islands have recovered and the...
Author
Series
Swallowtail legacy volume 2
Publisher
Pixel+Ink
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: A writer's conference brings twelve-year-old Lark's favorite writer and a suspicious death to Swallowtail Island, in the second book in this middle grade mystery series by an Edgar Award-nominated author.
51) Airman
Author
Language
English
Description
In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety.
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Language
English
Description
Leelo has spent her entire life on Endla, coexisting with the bloodthirsty Forest and respecting the poisonous lake that protects her island from outsiders who seek to destroy it. But as much as Leelo cares for her community, she struggles to accept that her younger brother will be exiled by his next birthday, unless he gains the magic of enchanted song so vital to Endla. When Leelo sees a young outsider on the verge of drowning in the lake, she knows...
Author
Series
Dinotopia (James Gurney) volume 4
Publisher
Calla Editions
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Professor Denison and Bix, his dinosaur companion, are summoned to the forbidden empire of Chandara but, having lost their invitation, must travel penniless and in disguise through spectacular sights and memorable scenes. Includes a new afterword by the author.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2020 Youth Media Awards: Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Printz!
Printz Medal | Winners And Honorees | 2020-Current
Printz Medal | Winners And Honorees | 2020-Current
Formats
Description
In the summer of 1727, Quill and his friends are put ashore on a remote sea stac to harvest birds for food, and only the end of the world can explain why no boat returns to collect them.
Author
Series
Sinister secrets volume 1
Publisher
Pixel+Ink
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Noah, raised in isolation with only a robot boy for company, embarks on a quest across the sea to find his exiled father, only to lure trouble back home.
58) The depths
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After suffering a near-fatal freediving accident, seventeen-year-old Addie Spencer tags along on her mother's honeymoon to a private island where she unearths dark secrets--a child ghost, moody flowers, and a deep pool where no one feels pain--before realizing the island might not be willing to let her go.
60) Trial by fire
Author
Series
Stranded. Original series volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jane, Buzz, Carter, and Vanessa, are stranded on a deserted island. They must make important survival decisions after losing their boat and supplies. They must rely on each other more than ever.
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