ISBN: 1534429603 9781534429604

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Family / Multigenerational

Page count: 128

<b>A young girl finds herself—and so much more—during a summer stay with her grandparents in this “sweet, evocative” (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>) novel from Newbery Award–winning author Patricia MacLachlan.</b><br><br>When Louisa (short for Louisiana) is sent to stay with her grandparents for the summer, she’s <i>not </i>looking forward to it. While her brother is determined to find a way to stay on Deer Island forever, Louisa would rather be off having adventures with their globetrotting ornithographer parents. She’s a writer, and there’s nothing on all of Deer Island to write about—right?<br> <br>Louisa quickly discovers that <i>small </i>doesn’t necessarily mean <i>quiet</i>, and the island has plenty of scope for the imagination. It also has George, the boy who helps her see the world in a whole new light.<br> <br>The end of summer is coming fast, and Louisa must decide what she really wants: travel the world with her parents, or stay on Deer Island with the people she’s only just learning to love?