The Islanders
The Islanders by Mary Alice Monroe is a reprint edition published by Simon and Schuster on May 17, 2022. This 320-page book is written in English and targets middle-grade readers, presenting a story that intertwines themes of friendship, loss, and the healing power of nature. The narrative follows eleven-year-old Jake, who finds himself spending the summer on Dewees Island with his grandmother while his parents navigate a challenging time. Stripped of modern distractions, Jake initially dreads his summer but soon discovers the island’s unique charm and the friendships he forms with local kids.
As Jake, along with his new friends Macon and Lovie, embarks on adventures across the island, they confront personal challenges and bond over their experiences. Their journey takes a turn when they are assigned community service on the Island Turtle Team, where they patrol the beach for loggerhead sea turtle tracks. The story explores their efforts to protect a threatened turtle nest from predators, highlighting themes of environmental stewardship and community. Through their shared experiences, the children learn valuable lessons about friendship and resilience while navigating their own family issues.
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An instant New York Times bestseller!
“Storytelling for young readers at its finest—equal parts summer adventure and environmental suspense…[a] love letter to family, friendship, and the natural world.” —Kwame 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 Jake’s 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 Jake’s spending the summer on tiny Dewees Island with his grandmother. The island is a nature sanctuary—no cars or paved roads, no stores or restaurants. To make matters worse, Jake’s grandmother doesn’t 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!
He’s barely on the island before he befriends two other kids—Macon, another “summer kid,” 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 Jake’s growing love for the island and its inhabitants (be they two-legged, four-legged, feathered, or finned) help to heal his father?
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