ORPHAN ISLAND. LAUREL SNYDER. Libro en papel. 9780062443427 LIBRERIA 9 3/4
ORPHAN ISLAND

ORPHAN ISLAND

LAUREL SNYDER

$ 35,000.00
IVA incluido
En Stock
Editorial:
HARPER COLLINS UK
Año de edición:
2018
Materia
Teens
ISBN:
978-0-06-244342-7
Páginas:
288

u003cpu003eA National Book Award Longlist title! u003c/pu003eu003cpu003e"A wondrous book, wise and wild and deeply true." —Kelly Barnhill, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Girl Who Drank the Moonu003c/pu003eu003cpu003e"This is one of those books that haunts you long after you read it. Thought-provoking and magical." —Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson seriesu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eIn 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.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eOn 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.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eAnd 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.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eToday’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.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eBut 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?u003c/pu003eu003cpu003e"A unique and compelling story about nine children who live with no adults on a mysterious island. Anyone who has ever been scared of leaving their family will love this book" (from the Brightly.com review, which named Orphan Island a best book of 2017).u003c/pu003e

Artículos relacionados

  • WINGS OF FIRE 15
    TUI T. SUTHERLAND
    With talons united...Luna has always wanted to change the world -- to fix it, to free it -- even if sheÂ’s never actually known how. Now that all of dragon- and humankind are in mortal danger, Luna is flying back home to Pantala with a team of dragons on a rescue mission, determined to be brave and useful.But saving a continent isnÂ’t as easy as a prophecy makes it sound, and "...
    En Stock

    $ 60,000.00

  • YOU GO FIRST
    ERIN ENTRADA KELLY
    In a starred review, School Library Journal wrote that Erin Entrada Kelly can “capture moments of tween anguish with searing honesty.”   Twelve-year-old Charlotte Lockard and eleven-year-old Ben Boxer are separated by more than a thousand miles. On the surface, their lives seem vastly different—Charlotte lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,...
    En Stock

    $ 74,900.00

  • WINGS OF FIRE 10
    An ancient evil, a terrible prophecy -- and five dragonets who could save the world...Don't miss the most thrilling adventure yet in the New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series!Qibli knows Darkstalker must be stopped. And he knows he could stop him -- if he had magic. With even a sliver of the ancient dragon's all-powerful scroll, Qibli could rewrite history the right w...
    En Stock

    $ 60,000.00

  • HALF A CREATURE FROM THE SEA
    DAVID ALMOND
    En Stock

    $ 45,000.00

  • WINGS OF FIRE 13
    TUI T. SUTHERLAND
    Some secrets are deadly.It's no secret that Sundew wants to destroy the HiveWings. It's her life's mission to exact revenge on the tribe that tried to wipe out the LeafWings and ripped every tree from the surface of Pantala. Every tree, that is, except the wild and dangerous Poison Jungle, where the surviving LeafWings have been hiding since the war. Hiding, plotting, and waiti...
    En Stock

    $ 60,000.00

  • DENIS EVER AFTER
    TONY ABBOTT
    u003cpu003eWritten by award-winning author Tony Abbott and perfect for fans of The Ethan I Was Before and The Thing About Jellyfish, this bittersweet middle grade novel follows the ghost of Denis Egan as he teams up with his living twin brother to solve the mystery of his death. u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eDenis Egan is dead. u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eHe’s okay with that. It’s been ...
    En Stock

    $ 77,000.00