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A favorite book from childhood about sisters stranded with babies on a tropical #Island 🏝️ I bought it a few years ago on Kindle & reread it.

“Perhaps when I am grown I will not know anything. Perhaps that is the way it works, the way it is with growing. When you grow, you start to unlearn things.” —Gary Paulsen, Island

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My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/ucu_j9xQO0U

Enjoy!

Book 3 in series. The first book remains the best.

Roz goes on a mission to save her island from the poison tide. Although she met me friends along the way, I enjoy her interactions with her island friends most.

In the afterword the author claims to not want this book to be preachy/moralistic but it is a smidge.

Float Plan begins the healing journey for Anna who is struggling to find closure after boyfriend Ben overdoses on medications and alcohol. Turning tragedy into adventure, Anna sets sail to Puerto Rico with only the his travel itinery. She hires Keane Sullivan in a manner which seems clandestine. Anna encounters many unexpected situations in which she learned to be open and flexible allowing her to discover her authentic self.

Well deserving Pulitzer Prize winner. This short novel is not a quick read as the language is dense and circumstances of the inhabitants on this island off Casco Bay in Maine is a sad story. This novel fictionalizes the mixed race island community of Malaga Island, an existence that was too much for the early 20th century to let alone.

I forgot how I found out about this book, the same author who wrote Caddy Woodlawn. Read this in one sitting, it was adorable.

#snowflake #snowflakes #papersnowflakes

Caught up on grad school work for the moment, so spending a relaxed Sunday morning with a turtle latte (extra shot, always 😆), some birthday cake bites, and returning to this book 📖

The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were part of the British Empire from 1892 to 1976. The Gilberts include #kiribati and the Ellice Islands became #tuvalu, so I‘m using this book for both prompts for #readingoceania24.

Arthur Grimble was sent to the islands in 1914 as a colonial administrator and I was worried that the book would be very ‘colonial‘ but, although there were a few concerning tales, it seems as though he became very respected ⬇️

I enjoyed this one, and the twist 😊

Read for reading challenges.

Library book 📖

4/5