Bright Island

Title:

Bright Island

Author:

Robinson, Mabel Louise, 1874-1962.

Publication Information:

New York : Random House Books for Young Readers, 2012, c1937.

Edition:

75th anniversary ed.

Format:

Books

Physical Description:

288 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

General Note:

Originally published: New York : Random House, 1937.

Summary:

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.

Reading Level:

6.1

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 6.1 10 Quiz 19009 English fiction.

Subject Term:

Families -- Maine -- Fiction.

Daughters -- Maine -- Fiction.

Islands -- Maine -- Fiction.

Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.

Boarding schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction.

City and town life -- Maine -- Juvenile fiction.

Bildungsromans.

Islands -- Maine -- Juvenile fiction.

Boarding schools -- Fiction.

Schools -- Fiction.

Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.

City and town life -- Maine -- Fiction.

Coming of age -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Maine -- Fiction.

Maine -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.

Maine -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.

Genre:

Bildungsromans.

Added Author:

Ward, Lynd, 1905-1985

ISBN:

9780394809861

9780375971365

Document ID:

SD_ILS:1732562

Availability:

Library	Call Number	Format	Status
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Summary

Mabel Robinson's delightful coming-of-age story won a Newbery Honor in 1938 and garnered extraordinary praise from critics and readers alike.

Born and raised on Bright Island off the Maine coast, Thankful Curtis is more like her sea captain grandfather than any of her older brothers are. Nothing suits her better than sailing and helping her father with the farm. But when her dreaded sisters-in-law suggest that Thankful get some proper schooling on the mainland, the wind is knocked from her sails.

Thankful finds the uncharted waters of school difficult to navigate: there's a rocky reception from her rich roommate, Selina; the breezy behavior of the charming Robert; and stormy Mr. Fletcher, the handsome Latin teacher whose caustic tongue masks a tender heart. And while Thankful works hard to make the best of her new life, Bright Island continues to flash in her thoughts, like the sparkle of the sun on the water.

The New York Times raved, "One would be hard put to it to find a better contemporary novel than this," and now this evocative tale can be welcomed by a new generation of readers.