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En route, the dolls wreck on a ship, and they drift to an uninhabited tropical island with their dollhouse.They gradually adapt to the island and become familiar with the native animals. At the end of the story, Mrs. Doll proposes leaving Floating Island, because "dolls need children, and children need dolls".
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)
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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
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 ...
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.
Fictional floating islands, ranging from cities and islands that float on water to ones that float in the atmosphere of a planet by purported scientific technologies or by magical means. While very large floating structures have been constructed or proposed in real life, aerial cities and islands remain in the realm of fiction.