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Moonpenny Island

Tricia Springstubb,

Gilbert Ford (Illustrations)

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Feb 19, 2015 The Styling Librarian rated it it was amazing

Shelves: kids-books, favorites, realistic-fiction, social-skills

Moonpenny Island by Tricia Springstubb – release date Feb. 2015 – Realistic Fiction, 4th grade and up –

Book Talk: What happens when your best friend is sent to a special private school and you are left behind, not only left behind but you are the only kid in your grade level at your tiny little island school? Can you bear to make new friends? What if your parents fights escalate so much that one of them leaves without a return day? Thank goodness for phones and email. They can help you connect w ...more

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Dec 26, 2014 Samantha rated it really liked it

Shelves: family-secrets, coming-of-age, friendship, juv-fiction, islands

Flor lives on a tiny island in Lake Erie not far from Toledo, OH. It's a popular vacation spot, especially for birders, and most everyone who lives on the island year round is connected to the quarry. As the summer ends and the school year begins, Flor is looking forward to being 1 of only 2 6th graders on the island (the other being her best perfect friend Sylvie), but when Sylvie announces that she will be moving in with aunt and uncle in Toledo, Flor's whole world begins to change.

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