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581) Envy
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2002
Language
English
Description
A best-selling author living on an island off the Georgia coast and hiding behind a pseudonym seeks revenge on a publisher by writing a book detailing a dark secret which has caught the eye of the publisher's wife.
Series
Poptropica volume 3
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this exciting third installment of the Poptropica series, we find Mya, Oliver, and Jorge in the custody of a secret society whose mission is to protect and preserve Poptropica--a mysterious, uncharted island world. These Protectors, as they call themselves, believe that any outside interference with the islands of Poptropica could have catastrophic results on the course of history in the real world. As if things aren't bad enough, Octavian has...
583) Sky Island
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Ahoy! Trot and Cap'n Bill are back on the exciting sequel to Sea Sirens. Together they have to rescue a Sea Siren friend from the clutches of a ruthless amusement park owner."-- cover page 4.
The stunning sequel to Sea Sirens, the middle-grade graphic novel about a spunky Vietnamese American surfer girl and her cantankerous talking cat. This time Trot and Cap'n Bill have to rescue a Sea Siren friend from the clutches of a ruthless amusement park...
584) Barakamon: 3
Author
Series
Barakamon volume 3
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Seishuu's friend Kawafuji arrives on the island for a visit, the two can't seem to meet up between poor cell phone service and unhelpful directions.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Taking refuge on a remote island, a grieving woman develops unlikely connections with the community and the wild in this haunting novel of hope and perseverance from debut author Jessica Bryant Klagmann. After the mysterious disappearance of her fiancé, Alma Hughes moves to a remote island in the North Atlantic, where she hopes to weather her grief and nurture her ailing dog. But the strange town of Violette has mysteries as well. Townsfolk say...
587) Barakamon: 7
Author
Series
Barakamon volume 7
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When the exhibition behind him, Seishuu Handa returns safely from Tokyo and spends a full moon night with the islanders.
588) Decepticon island!
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Learning that their enemies are building an army, the Autobots work together to plan a defense only to find themselves being taken captive on Decepticon Island.
589) Abel's island
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1976
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Castaway on an uninhabited island, Abel, a very civilized mouse, finds his resourcefulness and endurance tested to the limit as he struggles to survive and return to his home.
590) Dawnshard
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When a ghost ship is discovered near the stormy island Akinah, Navani Kholin sends an expedition to make sure the island hasn't fallen into enemy hands.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"December 1938, and storm clouds hover once again over Europe. Josephine Tey and Archie Penrose gather with friends for a Cornish Christmas, but two strange and brutal deaths on St. Michael's Mount--and the unexpected arrival of a world famous film star, in need of sanctuary--interrupt the festivities. Cut off by the sea and a relentless blizzard, the hunt for a murderer begins"--
593) San Miguel
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The lives of three women on turn-of-the-twentieth-century San Miguel are shaped by ambition and circumstance, including the wife of a Civil War veteran who hopes to recover her health, her rebellious daughter, and a librarian who wonders if the island's peace will endure.
Author
Publisher
Maxwell Macmillan International
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Trevor Frederick Ackerman refuses to spend another summer with his extended family of divorced parents, step-parents, and step-brothers and step-sisters, so he is sent up to Maine to stay with two eccentric great aunts and there gets involved with some interesting people and an unexpected mystery.
595) Bad magic
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Clay, a boy who no longer believes in magic, tags graffiti on his classroom wall and, as punishment, is sent to a camp for wayward kids located on a volcanic island, where eccentric campmates abound, a ghost walks among the abandoned ruins of a mansion, and a dangerous force threatens to erupt with bad magic.
596) Dragonfruit
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In the old tales, it is written that the egg of a seadragon, dragonfruit, holds within it the power to undo a person's greatest sorrow. But as with all things that offer hope when hope has gone, the tale comes with a warning. Every wish demands a price. Hanalei of Tamarind is the cherished daughter of an old island family. But when her father steals a seadragon egg meant for an ailing princess, she is forced into a life of exile. In the years that...
597) Shipwreck Island
Author
Series
Orphans of the tide volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Ellie and Seth know more than most people do about living amongst gods. Ellie, an inventor with a tragic past, was once forced to become the human Vessel for the most wicked god of all, the Enemy; Seth, a mysterious boy with no memories, has just discovered that he's actually a god himself. So when they escape the City and all of its inhabitants who want them dead, they hope to find a new island--free of gods--to call home. Months on a homemade raft...
598) Kinfolk islands
Author
Series
Publisher
Artisan
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Drawing on their global community of writers and photographers, Kinfolk takes us on trips to alluring outposts all over the world, offering practical guidance, vibrant imagery, and thoughtful reflections on why islands embody so many of our travel fantasies"--
599) Burn for burn
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Three teenaged girls living on Jar Island band together to enact revenge on the people that have hurt them.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
" Sun, Sand, Murder by John Keyse-Walker is a winner. It is written with the coral clarity of a Caribbean atoll, and evokes an edgy rhythm that suits the protagonist, Teddy Creque, and his wholly authentic domain, the Virgin Islands."--Randy Wayne White After barely surviving the first criminal investigation in living memory on the sun-drenched British Virgin island of Anegada, Constable Teddy Creque has spent the past six months trying to weather...
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