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2) Island Racer
Series
Publisher
Mortons Media Group, Ltd
Language
English
Description
Known as the World’s greatest road race, the Isle of Man TT draws thousands of fans to the island once a year and the Island Racer yearly annual is the essential guide every fan must have, with exclusive interviews from the biggest names - as well as the massive TT encyclopedia.
Series
Publisher
A360 Media, LLC
Language
English
Description
Ellis Island was the first solid ground in America on which 12 million people stepped with hopes, anxieties and dreams. The station opened its doors for immigrants in 1892, and by the time it closed over half a century later, it had become a symbol for a fresh start and the promise of great opportunity. Today, the National Park Service estimates that around 40% of Americans can trace at least one ancestor back to the island. Its legacy is not a
...Author
Series
Publisher
[Island Heritage]
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Description
Hawaiian god by the name of Kama Pua'a is born in the form of a boar. His shocked parents send him to his grandmother, a sorceress, who raises him knowing his magic powers as a kupua (sorcerer). His mischief finally gets him into serious trouble, but his magic powers save him in the end.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea elephants and sea birds abound. Once, Indians also lived on the island. And when they left and sailed to the east, one young girl was left behind. This is the story of Karana, the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year after year, she watched one season pass into another...
9) Land of hope
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
Rebekah, a fifteen-year-old Jewish immigrant arriving in New York City in 1902, almost abandons her dream of getting an education when she is forced to work in a sweatshop.
Author
Series
Three Sisters Island trilogy volume 1st
Three Sisters Island trilogy volume 1
Three Sisters Island trilogy volume v 1
Three Sisters Island trilogy volume 1
Three Sisters Island trilogy volume v 1
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Nell Channing arrives on Three Sisters Island hoping she has finally escaped her abusive husband, but her new life is threatened by a curse that was placed on the island more than two hundred years earlier.
15) Escape
Author
Series
Island volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Having survived for so long on the deserted island, Luke, Charla, Will, Lysa, J.J. and Ian realize that their enemies are closer than they had thought, and soon discover that they will have only one chance at escape.
16) Heaven and earth
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Now in the second book of her bewitching Three Sisters Island trilogy, she returns to the haunting shores of New England - and to the lives of three passionate, powerful women. Ripley Todd just wants to live a quiet, peaceful kind of life. Her job as a sheriff's deputy keeps her busy and happy, and she has no trouble finding men when she wants them - which, lately, isn't all that often. She's perfectly content, except for one thing: she has special...
17) Land of dreams
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1902 sixteen-year-old Kristin travels with her family from Sweden to a new life in Minnesota, where she finds herself frustrated by the restrictions placed on what girls of her age are expected or allowed to do.
18) Land of promise
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1902 fifteen-year-old Rose travels from Ireland to join family members in Chicago, where she must use all her resources to deal with her father's drinking and her brothers' dangerous involvement in politics.
20) Survival
Author
Series
Island volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
Six kids. One shipwreck. One deserted island. After their ship sinks, Luke, Ian, JJ, Sharla, Will, and Lyssa must find a way to survive. They have no food and very few supplies. They think they're all alone, but they're not. And that's even worse.
