Theme: island

Safe Return

After struggling with the death of her mother and father, Ursula worries about her beloved Aunt Dana who boarded a ship during very rough seas weeks ago and has not returned home, and finds herself faithfully waiting with fear and hope.
Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Sweden » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Darkfright

Her island neighbors call her “Darkfright” because she is so afraid of the night. As darkness comes on, Darkfright does anything in her power to keep it away–she turns on all the lights and bustles around the house as if it were day. Then one night a fallen star crashed through her door, a star [...]
Descriptors: Caribbean, Fantasy, Picture Book, Preschool, Primary (Gr. K-3) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Cocoa Ice

A girl in Santo Domingo tells how cocoa is harvested during the late 1800s while at the same time her counterpart in Maine tells about the harvesting of ice.
Descriptors: Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Picture Book, Primary (Gr. K-3), Realistic Fiction, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Ring of the Slave Prince

Tom O’Connor, a poor, adventurous boy lives with his mother and half sister at a tavern on the island of Nevis in 1639. He rescues a slave from drowning, learns he is prince, loses him, travels the Southern Hemisphere in search of him, and finally brings him home to Cape Verde, hoping for a grand [...]
Descriptors: Africa, Caribbean, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Dolphin Song

Just as Martine is settling into life at Sawubona, the wildlife game reserve, with her grandmother and Jemmy, her white giraffe, she must leave for two weeks on a school trip off the coast of South Africa. What begins as an exciting sea adventure quickly turns perilous when Martine and five of her classmates are [...]
Descriptors: Fantasy, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Mozambique » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Heir of Mistmantle

King Crispin and Queen Cedar have just had a baby daughter–Princess Catkin–and everyone on Mistmantle Island gathers for the joyful celebration of the Naming Ceremony.  But the day after, the princess suddenly disappears.  Urchin and all the brave captains are dispatched to bring back the princess, but come back empty-handed.  All clues point to Linty, an [...]
Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Klipfish Code

The year is 1942, and Norway is under Nazi occupation. Ten-year-old Merit is sent with her younger brother to Godoy Island to live with her aunt and grandfather after Germans Bomb Norway in 1940. Merit longs to join her parents in the Resistance and when her aunt, a teacher, is taken away two years later, [...]
Descriptors: Germany, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Norway » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Night of the Howling Dogs

DYLAN’S SCOUT TROOP goes camping in Halape, a remote spot below the volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii. The only thing wrong with the weekend on a beautiful, peaceful beach is Louie, a tough older boy. Louie and Dylan just can’t get along.That night an earthquake rocks the camp, and then a wave rushes [...]
Descriptors: Hawaii, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Airman

Conor Broekhart was born to fly. In fact, legend has it that he was born flying, in a hot air balloon at the Paris World’s Fair.In the 1890s Conor and his family live on the sovereign Saltee Islands, off the Irish coast. Conor spends his days studying the science of flight with his tutor and [...]
Descriptors: France, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Ireland » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Snakehead

PERSEUS, THE GOD-TOUCHED son of Zeus and a mortal princess, takes his easy life on the island of Serifos for granted, but he knows he lives in troubled times. First the gods, now the politicians, send trouble rumbling across land and sea.When a beautiful stranger, a fugitive from another disaster zone, arrives on the island, [...]
Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Greece, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Myth » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment
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