islands

Twelve-year-old Lark Heron-Finch inherits a house on Swallowtail Island in Lake Erie, where she untangles a decades-old mystery and saves the island from unscrupulous developers.

Sisters embark on an adventure of the imagination through the jungles of a mysterious island which reveals the unbreakable bond they share.

Fresh off the excitement of the Night Hunt, Ruskin, Cinder, Groth, and Roke set out for a camping trip on Ghost Island, which, according to Groth, is definitely not haunted despite its name.

"In this graphic novel for early middle readers, a fearsome sea serpent comes back to haunt an island in the Pacific Northwest after a 100-year reprieve"--.

When fourteen-year-old Gabe checks for survivors after a global pandemic he finds Relle, a strange hopeful girl for whom Gabe eventually develops a crush, but after they return to the mainland tragedy strikes, forcing Gabe to set out on a dangerous journey to find other survivors where the world might be normal--like Before.

Twelve-year-old Alice Jones and her family visit Aviles Island, where her mother disappeared long ago, and forms an unlikely friendship with Leo Mercury, who also wants to use the island's special power to contact a lost loved one.

"On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It's a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed. But perfection is for plans, and people are all too human. As the champagne is popped and the festivities begin, resentments and petty jealousies begin to mingle with the reminiscences and well wishes. The groomsmen begin the drinking game from their school days. The bridesmaid not-so-accidentally ruins her dress. The bride's oldest (male) friend gives an uncomfortably caring toast. And then someone turns up dead. Who didn't wish the happy couple well? And perhaps more important, why?" --audiobook container.

"After their harrowing journey to the mainland to reason with the Shogun's forces, young islanders Hana and Kenichi have been separated, forced to find their own ways back to Ronin Island. Kenichi, cast out in exile, must survive the wilderness on his own and contend with new enemies. . . Hana must also navigate a dangerous foreign environment, as she travels back towards the island with Shogun's caravan alongside refugees from his fortress, and begins to learn more about the mutant threat"--Back cover.

"Hana and Kenichi are too young to remember the Great Wind, a catastrophic vent that devastated 19th century China, Korea, and Japan. They were raised in the aftermath on Ronin Island, where survivors found refuge in a place where differences were forgotten and a unified society was formed. But when the Shogunate comes back to power demanding a return to the ways of the past, Hand and Kenichi must prepare to defend their home and all that it represents from the warlord's forces--and confront an even more deadly threat clawing out the devastation of the Great Wind..."--Back cover.

"The Island of Mist is under siege and Prince Ben and his best friend Odge Gribble--a hag--are in hiding. Desperate to find out why the island's protective mist is disappearing, Odge travels through an enchanted gump to Vienna, in search of a mistmaker expert. But instead Odge finds Lina, a nine-year-old girl looking for adventure. With the help of friends old and new and some very interesting magic, Odge and Lina must discover the secret of the mist, before they lose their beloved island completely"--Provided by publisher.