Some of us like the comfort of familiarity--staying close to the home
we've always known, making a life, building a community. For some, the
intimacy of the old routine is satisfaction itself. But the known is not
for everyone. When our 5 protagonists get to wondering what's on the
other side of their island, they can't stop until they find out. What
follows is an epic journey of discovery, danger, imagination, and
ultimately, bittersweet fulfillment. Is this sophisticated picture book
about man versus earth? Man versus man? Or man versus self? Like our
protagonists, every reader will find their own right answer in this
haunting and deceptively simple modern fable.