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Series
Boxcar children volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Summer vacation on an almost private island gives the Aldens a challenge. Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer on their own private island. There is a mysterious stranger on the island with a secret--but that's not the only surprise in store for the Boxcar Children.
6) Pie Girl
Author
Series
Piper Green and the fairy tree volume 5
Language
English
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Description
Piper Green looks forward to serving pie at Peek-A-Boo Island's annual potluck supper, but a food allergy upsets her plan.
Author
Series
Mermicorn Island volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"In the colorful undersea world of Mermicorn Island, magic is all around, if you just know where to look. And no one is looking harder than Lucky the Mermicorn! He is eager to find his 'Sparkle,' that special bit of magic that will make him stand out. When Lucky finds a glittering treasure chest filled with magic seashells, he's convinced his life must be in for a whale of a change!" --
Author
Series
Greetings from somewhere volume 8
Language
English
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Description
With help from their cousin Harry, eight-year-old twins Ella and Ethan discover who is illegally taking coral from the reefs near their aunt and uncle's beach house on the shore of Australia's Coral Sea.
10) Terrific
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eugene wins a cruise to Bermuda that takes a nasty turn.
11) Time of wonder
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine. Describes the enchanting beauty of the island in rain, fog, sunshine, and hurricane.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When a big truck and its big load get stuck on a narrow road, traffic on the little island comes to a halt. Some cars need to go south and some have to travel north. How will Meg get to her swim meet? What about Barry's ballet class? Luckily, the kids come up with an ingenious solution: why not just swap cars?"--Publisher's webpage.
14) Captain Cat
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Loving cats so much that he has more feline than human companions on his ship, Captain Cat arrives on an island overrun by rats that his feline charges rapidly trounce, a triumph that results in an offer that requires a difficult decision.
15) The Sea Pony
Author
Series
Piper Green and the fairy tree volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf/Yearling
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
On an island off the coast of Maine, where children ride lobster boats to school, Piper wants a horse but finds, instead, another object hidden in the red maple tree.
17) Turtle Island
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A giant turtle's loneliness ends when a boatload of animals is shipwrecked and makes a temporary home on his shell. But when they decide to sail for home, will the turtle be alone once more?
Author
Series
Flying beaver brothers volume 4
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Ace and Bub's plans for a quiet vacation are put on hold when they are stranded on an island where their nemesis, Walter, has stirred up trouble between the birds and the rabbits.
20) Galápagos girl
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A bilingual story, inspired by the childhood of Valentina Cruz, whose family was one of the first permanent inhabitants of the Galapagos islands. Valentina makes a promise to protect the islands and her animal friends"--