A National Book Award Longlist title!
"A wondrous book, wise and wild and deeply true." --Kelly Barnhill,
Newbery Medal-winning author of The Girl Who Drank the Moon
"This is one of those books that haunts you long after you read it.
Thought-provoking and magical." --Rick Riordan, author of the Percy
Jackson series
In the tradition of modern-day classics like Sara Pennypacker's Pax
and Lois Lowry's The Giver comes a deep, compelling, heartbreaking,
and completely one-of-a-kind novel about nine children who live on a
mysterious island.
On the island, everything is perfect. The sun rises in a sky filled with
dancing shapes; the wind, water, and trees shelter and protect those who
live there; when the nine children go to sleep in their cabins, it is
with full stomachs and joy in their hearts.
And only one thing ever changes: on that day, each year, when a boat
appears from the mist upon the ocean carrying one young child to join
them--and taking the eldest one away, never to be seen again.
Today's Changing is no different. The boat arrives, taking away Jinny's
best friend, Deen, replacing him with a new little girl named Ess, and
leaving Jinny as the new Elder. Jinny knows her responsibility now--to
teach Ess everything she needs to know about the island, to keep things
as they've always been.
But will she be ready for the inevitable day when the boat will come
back--and take her away forever from the only home she's known?
"A unique and compelling story about nine children who live with no
adults on a mysterious island. Anyone who has ever been scared of
leaving their family will love this book" (from the Brightly.com review,
which named Orphan Island a best book of 2017).
