Pub Date: June 15, 2021
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2021010946
Lexile Code: 0550
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 1.20" H x 8.40" L x 5.80" W ( 0.85 lbs) 304 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship | Science and Nature | Environment | Animals | Turtles and Tortoises
Series: Islanders
Description: Spending the summer with his grandmother on South Carolina's Dewees Island, eleven-year-old Jake finds two friends who are also struggling with family issues and together they try to save a sea turtle nest from predators.
Brief description: Angela May is the founder of May Media and PR and a former award-winning television news journalist who helps promote great books and share important community stories as a media specialist. She has been working with Mary Alice Monroe for more than a decade. The Islanders series are their first books together! Angela's husband is a middle school assistant principal. They have two children and live in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Connect with her at AngelaMayBooks.com.
Review Quotes: This is storytelling for young readers at its finest--equal parts summer adventure and environmental suspense, The Islanders is a middle-grade love letter to family, friendship, and the natural world. --Kwame Alexander, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Crossover