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Bright Island /Mabel L. Robinson ; with decorations by Lynd Ward.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Random House, (c)2012.Edition: 7fifth anniversary editionDescription: 276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780394809861
  • 9780394909868
  • 9780375971365
  • 9780375971372
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PZ7 .B754 2012
  • PZ7
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
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Contents:
What's a Girl For? -- In the Fog and Rain -- Holding the Summer Captive -- Migrating Time.
Learning that Lies in Books -- Learning that Lies in People -- False Summer.
The Business of Producing Cinderella -- A Stranger on Bright Island -- The Stranger Leaves Bright Island -- Breaking Through Winter -- A Course in Navigation.
To the Lee of Bright Island.
  • Newbery Honor Book, 1938.
Subject: When sixteen-year-old Thankful Curtis must leave Bright Island, Maine, for the first time in 1937, she has trouble adjusting to life on the mainland, new people, and "proper schooling," and yearns for her days of farming with her father and sailing.
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Juvenile Book (10-day checkout) Juvenile Book (10-day checkout) G. Allen Fleece Library JUVENILE-NEWBERY Fiction PZ7.R5674 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001755871

Part I On Bright Island

Bright Island -- What's a Girl For? -- In the Fog and Rain -- Holding the Summer Captive -- Migrating Time.

Part II Away from Bright Island

A Strange Land About Her -- Learning that Lies in Books -- Learning that Lies in People -- False Summer.

Part III Bright Island Now and Then

Bright Island Thanksgiving -- The Business of Producing Cinderella -- A Stranger on Bright Island -- The Stranger Leaves Bright Island -- Breaking Through Winter -- A Course in Navigation.

Part IV Back to Bright Island

Scudding Before Heavy Weather -- To the Lee of Bright Island.

When sixteen-year-old Thankful Curtis must leave Bright Island, Maine, for the first time in 1937, she has trouble adjusting to life on the mainland, new people, and "proper schooling," and yearns for her days of farming with her father and sailing.

COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:

Newbery Honor Book, 1938.

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