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41) Abel's island
Author
Series
Language
English
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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.
Author
Series
My father's dragon volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A young boy runs away from home to rescue an abused baby dragon held captive to serve as a free twenty-four hour, seven-days-a-week ferry for the lazy wild animals living on Wild Island"--Provided by publisher.
43) The last bear
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Accompanying her father to an Arctic outpost on Bear Island, where she is informed no polar bears remain, April spots a hungry and lonely polar bear that she resolves to help return home.
45) The runaways
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First English-language edition.
Language
English
Description
When Grandpa ends up miserable in the hospital, Gottfried Junior makes a plan to help him get to the island where he lived with Grandma one last time.
46) Nightbane
Author
Series
Lightlark saga volume 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Isla Crown has secured the love of two powerful rulers and broken the curses that plagued the six realms for centuries, but few know the true origins of her powers. Now, in the wake of a crushing betrayal, Isla finds herself hungry for distraction, preferring to frequent Lightlark's seductive haunts instead of embracing her duties as the newly crowned leader of two separate realms. Worse, her fellow rulers haven't ceded victory quietly, and there...
47) Ferryboat ride!
Author
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A little girl notices all the sights, smells, and sounds along the way when her family takes a ferryboat to their summer island.
49) Dessert island
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Monkey is stuck on an island made of desserts, and Fox on one made of dirt and rocks, but as time passes, fortunes change and they learn about sharing and caring.
50) Nil
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Transported through a "gate" to the mysterious island of Nil, seventeen-year-old Charley has 365 days to escape--or she will die.
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Language
English
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Description
Tana Fairchild's life has been planned out since the moment she was born: she is to marry the governor's son, Landon, and secure an unprecedented alliance between the witches of her island home and the mainlanders who see her very existence as a threat. Tana's coven has appeased those who fear their power for years by releasing most of their magic into the ocean during the full moon. But when Tana misses the midnight ritual, there is no one she can...
Author
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Little Scallop, a princess of the Mollusk tribe, longs to have a real adventure. So late one night, she and her mermaid friends sneak off to dive for pearls. They run into a fierce storm and a strange ship sailed by men who would love to capture a mermaid.
53) Orphan Island
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Language
English
Description
On 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. And 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...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Tom goes with his Uncle Harvey to Peru, where they narrowly escape imprisonment and death as they hunt for buried treasure after tracking down a journal written by John Drake, a young relative of Sir Francis Drake, on a voyage to Lima in 1577. Includes biographical information on John and Francis Drake.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Sent to her grandmother's estate in Trinidad, Rika meets a group of kids with elemental powers called Minders, who reveal that her long-lost mom is in danger, sending Rika on a magical adventure where she must learn to believe in herself to destroy evil.
56) Fractured tide
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Sia Gianopoulos writes to her incarcerated father as she and a handful of other survivors reach a mysterious island after a monster sinks their charter boats.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Eily and her father live in Ireland, three fields from the sea, within sight of the enchanted isle of Lisnashee. The fairy folk who live there cause mischief and harm to any who trespass, but once a year at Midsummer, Eily's father, the Fog Catcher, rows out to collect magic from the fog around the island. His sole protection is a charm tucked in his pocket, and when Eily finds the lost charm in a hedgerow after he departs, she knows at once what...
Author
Series
Chronicles of Egg volume 1
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Eggbert, a planter's son on a pirate-infested Caribbean island chain, is on the run from a wealthy and powerful villain trying to kill him for his connection to a hidden treasure.
60) The depths
Author
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.
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