Title: Bright Island
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.
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
Places: Maine
Time periods: 20th century