

Orphan Island
Author: Laurel Snyder
Narrator: Kim Mai Guest
Unabridged: 7 hr 46 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Walden Pond Press
Published: 05/30/2017
Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories, Children's Social Themes
Author: Laurel Snyder
Narrator: Kim Mai Guest
Unabridged: 7 hr 46 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Walden Pond Press
Published: 05/30/2017
Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories, Children's Social Themes
Laurel Snyder is the author of many picture books and novels for children, including National Book Award nominee Orphan Island, the Geisel Award winner Charlie & Mouse, the Sydney Taylor Award winner The Longest Night, and the National Jewish Book Award honoree The Witch of Woodland. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, she lives in Atlanta with her family. She can be found online at laurelsnyder.com.
This is one of those books that haunts you long after you read it. The premise is simple enough: A mysterious island with exactly nine inhabitants, all children. Every year or so, a self-piloting boat appears out of the strange fog that encircles the island. The boat drops off a new young child — so......more
Nine children reside on Orphan Island. On the day of the Changing, a green boat arrives to deliver a new child and whisk the eldest child away – never to be seen again. Jinny, now the eldest after her best friend’s departure, is tasked with raising the newest delivery, known as her Care. The next ti......more
*spoiler alert on the whole darn review, actually* I spend more time than I’d like thinking about what makes a person and how that person is an entirely new creation at different stages of life. Are you the same person that you were as a kid? If you’ve changed then does that make you someone new? Be......more
We thought this was going to be a 5 star for us. Such a great idea for a story. Nine orphans on an island, they arrive roughly a year apart and first arrive as toddlers. When a toddler arrives in a boat the Elder gets in and the boat takes them away. Nobody remembers before or knows what happens aft......more
I work at Mastermind Toys in BC, Canada, and my store received an advance reader's copy of this book I can honestly say I absolutely loved the way this book was written, and the way the story unfolded. Why the 2 star review you may be asking? The ending. The ending of the book ruined the entire story f......more