The Island
by Gary Paulsen | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0440206324 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0440206324 Global Overview for this book
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I picked this up at the Shawnee, OK Goodwill store. I am always looking for books at a bargain price.
From the back cover:
Every morning fifteen-year-old Wil Neuton gets up, brushes his teeth, leaves the house, and rows away from shore. He's discovered the island - a place where he can go to be alone and learn to know nature - and himself. On the island he watches the loons and the fish in the lake, and writes and paints. It feels good to get away from the tension rising between his parents, tension brought on by yet another move to a new town.
But Wil can't stay away from the outside world forever. He must face Ray Bunner, the bully determined to challenge him, and his parents, who worry when Wil decides to stay on the island indefinitely. Can Wil bridge the growing gap between himself and the rest of the world?
Every morning fifteen-year-old Wil Neuton gets up, brushes his teeth, leaves the house, and rows away from shore. He's discovered the island - a place where he can go to be alone and learn to know nature - and himself. On the island he watches the loons and the fish in the lake, and writes and paints. It feels good to get away from the tension rising between his parents, tension brought on by yet another move to a new town.
But Wil can't stay away from the outside world forever. He must face Ray Bunner, the bully determined to challenge him, and his parents, who worry when Wil decides to stay on the island indefinitely. Can Wil bridge the growing gap between himself and the rest of the world?
This book was on the Sequoyah Book Award Masterlist for Young Adults for the year 1991.
Sponsored by the Oklahoma Library Association (OLA), the annual Sequoyah Book Award is a student’s choice award presented since 1959. The program added a Young Adult literature award in 1987. Books chosen for the annual Sequoyah masterlist are selected by two committees of OLA members. Each member of the committee reads over 100 books before recommending titles for the masterlists.
During the school year, young Oklahomans from grades three through junior high are encouraged to read the titles from the masterlist. Students must read or listen to three books in order to cast a vote. The winning book is announced in February and the award is presented during the annual Oklahoma Library Association’s spring conference.
With this award, Oklahoma honors the Native American leader, Sequoyah, for his unique achievement in creating the Cherokee syllabary. In so doing, he created a way to preserve his people’s language and culture.
Sponsored by the Oklahoma Library Association (OLA), the annual Sequoyah Book Award is a student’s choice award presented since 1959. The program added a Young Adult literature award in 1987. Books chosen for the annual Sequoyah masterlist are selected by two committees of OLA members. Each member of the committee reads over 100 books before recommending titles for the masterlists.
During the school year, young Oklahomans from grades three through junior high are encouraged to read the titles from the masterlist. Students must read or listen to three books in order to cast a vote. The winning book is announced in February and the award is presented during the annual Oklahoma Library Association’s spring conference.
With this award, Oklahoma honors the Native American leader, Sequoyah, for his unique achievement in creating the Cherokee syllabary. In so doing, he created a way to preserve his people’s language and culture.
This author has been honored with the Margaret A. Edwards Award for Outstanding Literature for Young Adults in the year 1997.
The Margaret A. Edwards Award is awarded to an author for lifetime achievement in writing for teenagers. It is given to an author whose work helps teenagers to better understand themselves and their world.
The Margaret A. Edwards Award is awarded to an author for lifetime achievement in writing for teenagers. It is given to an author whose work helps teenagers to better understand themselves and their world.
I have liked other books by this author but this one seemed a little too personal for me. I didn't really enjoy living the book through the mind of Wil. I wasn't thrilled with the characters and frankly I thought just reading about the paintings that he was making and reading his rather strange writing style was just plain dry. I perservered through the book at first just to see where it was going and later on because I had already gotten more than halfway through it and I just wanted to say that I had read it.
I'll most likely give this author a break for another long while and see if my opinion changes. The great thing about books is that they don't have to be liked by all people and my opinion of this book doesn't mean that you are destined to not like it just as people will often not like a book that I would recommend. Happy BookCrossing!
I'll most likely give this author a break for another long while and see if my opinion changes. The great thing about books is that they don't have to be liked by all people and my opinion of this book doesn't mean that you are destined to not like it just as people will often not like a book that I would recommend. Happy BookCrossing!
I cannot find this book right now ... if I find it then I will pass it on and if someone else finds it then it won't be "lost" anymore.
I just noticed that one of the other books of this title that I have registered was picked up at the same place and has a very close in number BCID. My idea is that this is somehow a duplicate entry but since I can't be certain and don't want to delete a real book I'll leave this one as travelling for now.
I just noticed that one of the other books of this title that I have registered was picked up at the same place and has a very close in number BCID. My idea is that this is somehow a duplicate entry but since I can't be certain and don't want to delete a real book I'll leave this one as travelling for now.
