Bright Island
By: Mabel L. Robinson ; Lynd Ward
Contributors: Ward, Lynd, 1905-1985, ill
Edition: 75th anniversary ed.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780394809861
Subjects: JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women; JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century; Fiction; Coming of age; Interpersonal relations; Boarding schools; Schools; Islands; History; City and town life; JUVENILE FICTION / Lifestyles / City & Town Life
Description: 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.