num_pages: 304
description: Eleven-year-old Jakes life has just turned upside-down. His father was wounded in Afghanistan and his mother is going to leave to care for him. That means Jakes spending the summer on tiny Dewees Island with his grandmother. The island is a nature sanctuaryno cars or paved roads no stores or restaurants. To make matters worse Jakes grandmother doesnt believe in cable or the internet. Which means Jake has no cell phone no video games...and no friends. This is going to be the worst summer ever! Hes barely on the island before he befriends two other kidsMacon another summer kid and Lovie a know-it-all who lives there and shows both Jake and Macon the ropes of life on the island. All three are struggling with their own family issues and they quickly bond going on adventures all over Dewees Island. Until one misadventure on an abandoned boat leads to community service. Their punishment? Mandatory duty on the Island Turtle Team. The kids must do a daily dawn patrol of the beach on the hunt for loggerhead sea turtle tracks. When a turtle nest is threatened by coyotes the three friends must find a way to protect it. Can they save the turtle nest from predators? Can Jakes growing love for the island and its inhabitants (be they two-legged four-legged feathered or finned) help to heal his father?
language: English
title: The Islanders
publisher: Aladdin