In the tradition of modern-day classics like Sara Pennypacker's Pax and Lois Lowry's The Giver comes a deep, compelling, heartbreaking, and completely one-of-a-kind novel about nine children who live on a mysterious island.
On the island, everything is perfect. The sun rises in a sky filled with dancing shapes; the wind, water, and trees shelter and protect those who live there; when the nine children go to sleep in their cabins, it is with full stomachs and joy in their hearts.
And only one thing ever changes: on that day, each year, when a boat appears from the mist upon the ocean carrying one young child to join them—and taking the eldest one away, never to be seen again.
Today’s Changing is no different. The boat arrives, taking away Jinny’s best friend, Deen, replacing him with a new little girl named Ess, and leaving Jinny as the new Elder. Jinny knows her responsibility now—to teach Ess everything she needs to know about the island, to keep things as they’ve always been.
作者简介
劳雷尔·斯奈德(Laurel Snyder)是儿童图画书和小说的作者,包括美国国家图书奖(National Book Award)提名作品《孤岛》(Orphan Island)和西奥多·苏斯·盖泽尔奖(Theodor Seuss Geisel Award)得主《查理与老鼠》(Charlie & Mouse)。她毕业于爱荷华作家工作室,目前任教于哈姆林大学儿童和青年写作硕士项目。
Laurel Snyder is the author of picture books and novels for children, including National Book Award nominee Orphan Island and the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner Charlie & Mouse. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’Workshop, she currently teaches in Hamline University’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program.
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