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The islanders / Mary Alice Monroe, with Angela May.
Spending the summer with his grandmother on South Carolina's Dewees Island, eleven-year-old Jake finds two friends who are also struggling with family issues and together they try to save a sea turtle nest from predators.
Record details
- ISBN: 1534427279
- ISBN: 9781534427273
- Physical Description: 293 pages : illustrations
- Edition: First Aladdin hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Aladdin, 2021.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 23.99 |
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| Subject: | Friendship > Juvenile fiction. Sea turtles > Juvenile fiction. Turtles > Juvenile fiction. Dewees Island (S.C.) > Juvenile fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | J FIC Monro | 31681020158325 | JFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Spending the summer with his grandmother on South Carolina's Dewees Island, eleven-year-old Jake finds two friends who are also struggling with family issues and together they try to save a sea turtle nest from predators. - Baker & Taylor
While spending the summer on tiny Dewees Island with his grandmother, 12-year-old Jake protects the islandâs turtles and wonders if his newfound love for this place will help heal his father, who was injured in Afghanistan. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. - Simon and Schuster
An instant New York Times bestseller!?
âStorytelling for young readers at its finestâequal parts summer adventure and environmental suspenseâ¦[a] love letter to family, friendship, and the natural world.â âKwame Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The Crossover
From New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe comes a beautiful story of friendship, loss, and the healing power of nature in her first book for middle grade readers.
Eleven-year-old Jakeâs life has just turned upside-down. His father was wounded in Afghanistan, and his mother is going to leave to care for him. That means Jakeâs spending the summer on tiny Dewees Island with his grandmother. The island is a nature sanctuaryâno cars or paved roads, no stores or restaurants. To make matters worse, Jakeâs grandmother doesnât believe in cable or the internet. Which means Jake has no cell phone, no video games...and no friends. This is going to be the worst summer ever!
Heâs barely on the island before he befriends two other kidsâMacon, another âsummer kid,â and Lovie, a know-it-all who lives there and shows both Jake and Macon the ropes of life on the island. All three are struggling with their own family issues and they quickly bond, going on adventures all over Dewees Island. Until one misadventure on an abandoned boat leads to community service. Their punishment? Mandatory duty on the Island Turtle Team. The kids must do a daily dawn patrol of the beach on the hunt for loggerhead sea turtle tracks. When a turtle nest is threatened by coyotes, the three friends must find a way to protect it. Can they save the turtle nest from predators? Can Jakeâs growing love for the island and its inhabitants (be they two-legged, four-legged, feathered, or finned) help to heal his father?
