Title: Once on This Island
First published: September 30, 1996
Description: When war erupts between England and America in 1812, it brings change and uncertainty—even to Michigan's remote Mackinac Island. For young Mary O'Shea, the hardest change is the departure of her father, who leaves Mackinac to join the American Army. With her sister and brother, Mary must tend the farm, deal with the hardships of British occupation, and hope for the safe return of their father.

Book one in the Mackinac Island trilogy.
Subjects: War of 1812 -- Fiction, Farm life, Islands, Michigan -- Mackinac Island, Fiction, History, Children's fiction, Islands, fiction, Farm life, fiction, United states, history, war of 1812, fiction, Mackinac island (mich.), fiction, Michigan, fiction
Places: Michigan, Mackinac Island
Time periods: 1812