Bright Island
Language: English
Published by Random House Books for Young Readers, 2012
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Lifestyle Investments, Cozad, NE, U.S.A.Lifestyle Investments
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"First published in 1937 and a 1938 Newbery Honor book, Bright Island is Mabel L. Robinson's beloved coming-of-age story of Thankful Curtis, a spirited girl raised on a small island off the Maine coast who must leave home to attend school on the mainland. This Random House 75th Anniversary Edition features the original illustrations by Lynd Ward. Published by Random House Books for Young Readers in 2012, this 276-page hardcover is perfect for young adult and middle-grade readers, fans of classic coming-of-age fiction, and collectors of Newbery Honor titles. This copy is a 75th Anniversary First Edition in Good condition. The back of the dust jacket shows a liquid mark (pictured); the jacket's interior has a plastic-style coating, so the hardcover beneath appears unaffected. Binding is tight; pages are clean with no writing, markings, or highlighting observed. Priced aggressively for the condition — a good copy of a Newbery Honor classic. Please review the description for full condition details. Ships carefully packaged.".…
Seller Inventory # SR-2605-0748
- Title
- Bright Island
- Author
- Robinson, Mabel L.
- Publisher
- Random House Books for Young Readers
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0394809866
- ISBN 13
- 9780394809861
- Illustrator
- Ward, Lynd
- Edition
- 5th or later Edition, Special Edition
- Item weight
- 14 ounces
- Dimensions
- 6.13 inches width by 8.5 inches height by 1.01 inches depth
- Seller catalogs
- Children & Young Adult Parenting, Fiction & Literature, Young Adult Books
Mabel Robinson's delightful coming-of-age story won a Newbery Honor in 1938 and garnered extraordinary praise from critics and readers alike.
Born and raised on Bright Island off the Maine coast, Thankful Curtis is more like her sea captain grandfather than any of her older brothers are. Nothing suits her better than sailing and helping her father with the farm. But when her dreaded sisters-in-law suggest that Thankful get some proper schooling on the mainland, the wind is knocked from her sails.
Thankful finds the uncharted waters of school difficult to navigate: there's a rocky reception from her rich roommate, Selina; the breezy behavior of the charming Robert; and stormy Mr. Fletcher, the handsome Latin teacher whose caustic tongue masks a tender heart. And while Thankful works hard to make the best of her new life, Bright Island continues to flash in her thoughts, like the sparkle of the sun on the water.
The New York Times raved, "One would be hard put to it to find a better contemporary novel than this," and now this evocative tale can be welcomed by a new generation of readers.
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About the Author
MABEL L. ROBINSON won two Newbery Honors: for Bright Island in 1938, and forRunner of the Mountain Tops in 1940. She died in 1962.
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