{"product_id":"orphan-island","title":"Orphan Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA National Book Award Longlist title!\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A wondrous book, wise and wild and deeply true.\" --Kelly Barnhill, Newbery Medal-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Girl Who Drank the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"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\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of modern-day classics like Sara Pennypacker's \u003cem\u003ePax \u003c\/em\u003eand Lois Lowry's \u003cem\u003eThe Giver\u003c\/em\u003e comes a deep, compelling, heartbreaking, and completely one-of-a-kind novel about nine children who live on a mysterious island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"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 \u003cem\u003eOrphan Island\u003c\/em\u003e a best book of 2017).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r","brand":"Laurel Snyder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44442677149932,"sku":"9780062443427","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44442677182700,"sku":"9780062443410","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780062443427.jpg?v=1720435389","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/orphan-island","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}