Bright Island /
Robinson, Mabel Louise, 1874-1962.
Bright Island / Mabel L. Robinson ; with decorations by Lynd Ward. - 75th anniversary ed. - New York : Random House, [2012] - 276 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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.
Newbery Honor Book, 1938.
9780394809861 (trade) 9780394909868 (lib. bdg.) 9780375971365 (pbk.) 9780375971372 (ebook)
2012009178
Boarding schools--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
City and town life--Maine--Fiction.
Coming of age--Fiction.
Islands--Maine--Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women.
JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century.
JUVENILE FICTION / Lifestyles / City & Town Life.
Maine--History--20th century--Fiction.
PZ7.R5674 / Br 2012
[Fic]
Bright Island / Mabel L. Robinson ; with decorations by Lynd Ward. - 75th anniversary ed. - New York : Random House, [2012] - 276 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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.
Newbery Honor Book, 1938.
9780394809861 (trade) 9780394909868 (lib. bdg.) 9780375971365 (pbk.) 9780375971372 (ebook)
2012009178
Boarding schools--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
City and town life--Maine--Fiction.
Coming of age--Fiction.
Islands--Maine--Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women.
JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century.
JUVENILE FICTION / Lifestyles / City & Town Life.
Maine--History--20th century--Fiction.
PZ7.R5674 / Br 2012
[Fic]