The Island

Name: The Island
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Gary Paulsen
ISBN: 9781490608488

Author: Gary Paulsen

Narrator: Jeff Woodman

Unabridged: 5 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/28/2014

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

When his family packs up and moves from the city to a small town deep in the Wisconsin countryside, 15-year-old Wil Neuton makes an exhilarating discovery. He finds a small island on a nearby lake, a place where he can be alone and learn to know nature-and himself. On his island, he can write, paint, and watch the loons and fish in the lake. Wil can't stay away from the outside world forever, though. Sooner or later, he must return and face the bully determined to fight him and his bickering parents, who worry when Wil decides to stay on the island indefinitely. Can Wil bridge the growing gap between himself and the rest of the world? Lyric and reflective, Newbery Honor-winner Gary Paulsen's tale displays all the adventurous spirit and wholesome optimism that have made his books so popular.

About Gary Paulsen

Gary Paulsen is the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people, including three Newbery Honor books: The Winter Room, Hatchet, and Dogsong. He won the Margaret A. Edwards Award given by the American Library Association for his lifetime achievement in young adult literature. Paulsen has also published fiction and nonfiction for adults.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Katherine on December 08, 2020

I'm a librarian. This was a free book. I picked this at random from my TBR jar. I read it. Didnt care for it. Now I can donate it. 😄 ...serves me right for gravitating towards a free book. I mean, it was so boring I had trouble finishing it..le sigh!😌. However, I never DNF anything, so I finished thi......more

Goodreads review by Josiah on November 23, 2023

Gary Paulsen produced a few sterling novels in the 1970s (notably Tiltawhirl John and The Foxman), but the '80s were the launch of his golden era, a decade that saw him win three Newbery Honors. Debuting in 1988, The Island combines the wilderness magic of Hatchet and the plainspoken wisdom of the a......more

Goodreads review by Kristi on June 18, 2009

This book is one of my favorite's by Gary Paulsen, second only to The Transall Saga! I couldn't even tell you what it is about this book that I love so much. Perhaps it's Gary Paulsen's writing style, which so smooth and easy to read with such a lovely rhythm to it that I feel like I right there wit......more

Goodreads review by Vishy on December 22, 2019

I got Gary Paulsen's 'The Island' years back, when I was browsing at the bookshop. I got it because the theme of the book appealed to me. For some reason, I never got around to reading it. Then in the last two weeks, when I was flitting from one book to another like a butterfly (I read 100 pages in......more

Goodreads review by George on March 11, 2022

This is sort of a teenage version of Thoreau's On Golden Pond, in which a boy isolates to go deep within himself and embrace his creative spirit. Many of Paulsen's books deal with the experience of isolation and the self-knowledge that can emerge when embedded in nature. Good read.......more