![]() ![]() Every year, a boat arrives with a very young child - preschool age. The story revolves around Jinny, the oldest of nine children who live on a magical island. ![]() But my own child loved it so much he put it down for several days, unwilling to read the last chapter and say goodbye! The story If I’d read ORPHAN ISLAND on my own, I would’ve said, kids won’t get this book. This is how I’ve discovered some truly wonderful middle-grade novels as an adult. Then he cried because it was over and gave it to me to read. I grabbed this from the bookstore as a Christmas gift for my nine-year-old and he read it obsessively. I mean, Bridge to Terabithia, anyone? Orphan Island When my own kiddo reached this age, I realized I’d forgotten how dark children’s literature can be. Sometimes this was because I’d raided my parents’ collection of horror and dystopian fiction, but oftentimes not. When did you read your first serious novels? I remember the latter half of elementary school as a time of discovering dark stories, complex characters, books that grappled with big scary issues. ![]()
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