{"product_id":"orphan-island-9780062443427","title":"Orphan Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA National Book Award Longlist title!\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A wondrous book, wise and wild and deeply true.\" --Kelly Barnhill, Newbery Medal-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Girl Who Drank the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is one of those books that haunts you long after you read it. Thought-provoking and magical.\" --Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of modern-day classics like Sara Pennypacker's \u003cem\u003ePax \u003c\/em\u003eand Lois Lowry's \u003cem\u003eThe Giver\u003c\/em\u003e comes a deep, compelling, heartbreaking, and completely one-of-a-kind novel about nine children who live on a mysterious island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the island, everything is perfect. The sun rises in a sky filled with dancing shapes; the wind, water, and trees shelter and protect those who live there; when the nine children go to sleep in their cabins, it is with full stomachs and joy in their hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd only one thing ever changes: on that day, each year, when a boat appears from the mist upon the ocean carrying one young child to join them--and taking the eldest one away, never to be seen again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday's Changing is no different. The boat arrives, taking away Jinny's best friend, Deen, replacing him with a new little girl named Ess, and leaving Jinny as the new Elder. Jinny knows her responsibility now--to teach Ess everything she needs to know about the island, to keep things as they've always been.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut will she be ready for the inevitable day when the boat will come back--and take her away forever from the only home she's known?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A unique and compelling story about nine children who live with no adults on a mysterious island. Anyone who has ever been scared of leaving their family will love this book\" (from the Brightly.com review, which named \u003cem\u003eOrphan Island\u003c\/em\u003e a best book of 2017).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSnyder, Laurel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaurel Snyder\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of picture books and novels for children, including National Book Award nominee \u003cem\u003eOrphan Island \u003c\/em\u003eand the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner \u003cem\u003eCharlie \u0026amp; Mouse\u003c\/em\u003e. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she currently teaches in Hamline University's MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program. She lives in Atlanta with her family and can be found online at www.laurelsnyder.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Walden Pond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50616130961682,"sku":"9780062443427","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1c1d9397-c56b-4921-abb6-9951c005af60.jpg?v=1732501979","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/orphan-island-9780062443427","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}