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At the end, unlike the other dolls she chooses to stay on Floating Island because she feels "as if this [island] was home". Finny, Lobby, Chicky and Pudding: Plaster friends of the family. Sailor Joe: A sailor who found the doll house and dolls on the Floating Island. No one on the ship Shooting Star believes what he saw in the Island.
Island trilogy boxed set. Island is a novel trilogy by Canadian author Gordon Korman. The books are set in contemporary times and designed for young teenagers. The series consists of: Shipwreck (2000) Survival (2001) Escape (2001) [1] Island Trilogy Bind-Up Book (2006)
In October, 1896 Sampson Low (London) published the novel as The Floating Island, or The Pearl of the Pacific, translated by W. J. Gordon, with 80 illustrations.While Gordon was an accomplished translator, boy's author, and literary figure with an accurate translation of Verne's The Giant Raft to his credit, the dark social commentary of Propeller Island did not sit well with his publishers ...
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A category for floating islands, both natural and artificial, including fictional floating islands. Fictional islands that float in the sky, such as floating cities , should not be added here Subcategories
A floating island is a mass of floating aquatic plants, mud, and peat. Floating island may also refer to: Very large floating structure, a real or fictional artificial floating "island" Floating island (fiction), the concept in fiction; Floating island (dessert), a French dessert; The Floating Island, a 1673 novel by Richard Head
Researchers at the Australian National Maritime Museum said they have found evidence that a shipwreck located in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, is the remains of the HMS Endeavour, a British Royal ...
Afterward, the old man claims, the townspeople never believed him, and the boy spent his life doing odd jobs and searching for the mysterious island. The old man ends by commenting that the breeze looks just right for a sail as he limps back down toward the harbor, suggesting the old man is the boy from the story.