Moonpenny Island
On Pinch Island, eleven-year-old Flor O'Dell experiences a series of life changes after her best friend is sent away to a private school.
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Best friends > Juvenile fiction. Friendship > Juvenile fiction. Change > Juvenile fiction. Islands > Juvenile fiction. |
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- ISBN: 0062112937
- ISBN: 9780062112934
- Physical Description 292 pages : illustrations, map
- Edition First edition.
- Publisher New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015]
- Copyright ©2015
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General Note: | "Ages 8-12"--Page [2] of cover. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 21.00 |
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Summary
Moonpenny Island
Readers of Kate DiCamillo and Sheila Turnage will love Moonpenny Island, a middle grade novel of friendship and secrets by the beloved and acclaimed Tricia Springstubb. Moonpenny is a tiny island in a great lake. When the summer people leave and the ferries stop running, just the tried-and-true islanders are left behind. Flor and her best, her perfect friend, Sylvie, are the only eleven-year-olds for miles and miles--and Flor couldn't be happier. But come the end of summer, unthinkable things begin to happen. Sylvie is suddenly, mysteriously, whisked away to school on the mainland. Flor's mother leaves to take care of Flor's sick grandmother and doesn't come back. Her big sister has a secret, and Flor fears it's a dangerous one. Meanwhile, a geologist and his peculiar daughter arrive to excavate prehistoric trilobites, one of the first creatures to develop sight. Soon Flor is helping them. As her own ability to see her life on this little lump of limestone evolves, she faces truths about those she loves--and about herself--she never imagined.