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1) The Tempest
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Language
English
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The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare's fantastical play that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.
Prospero—sorcerer and rightful Duke of Milan—has lived a reclusive life with his daughter Miranda in the years since his position was usurped by his brother, Antonio. Now, as Antonio’s ship passes near Prospero’s island home, the sorcerer conjures up a terrible storm that will change all of their destinies....
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Prospero—sorcerer and rightful Duke of Milan—has lived a reclusive life with his daughter Miranda in the years since his position was usurped by his brother, Antonio. Now, as Antonio’s ship passes near Prospero’s island home, the sorcerer conjures up a terrible storm that will change all of their destinies....
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Paradise (Elin Hilderbrand) volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When Irene Steele discovers that her husband is dead, she is shocked to find out he died on the white, sandy beaches of St. John where he kept a secret, second family.
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Series
Temperance Brennan mysteries volume 22
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Called in to help investigate the murders of young male tourists on the islands of Turks and Caicos, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan makes a discovery that could have global significance, making herself a target.
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Wild robot volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.
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English
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Shipwrecked in a storm at sea, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a remote and desolate island. As he struggles to piece together a life for himself, Crusoe's physical, moral and spiritual values are tested to the limit. For 24 years he remains in solitude and learns to tame and master the island, until he finally comes across another human being.
9) Stranded
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Series
Stranded. Original series volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
Jane, Buzz, Carter, and Vanessa, aged nine to thirteen, are on a sailing trip in the South Pacific intended to help them bond in their newly-blended family when a massive storm strands them on a deserted island.
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Island of Mure novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Sent by his privileged family to learn how the less fortunate earn their living, a duke's son takes a job at a new Murian hotel while falling unexpectedly in love with a hardworking young waitress.
12) Orphan Island
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Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Living on an idyllic but sinister island where one child is delivered each year while the eldest is taken away, nine children share bountiful food and security under the leadership of new elder Jinny, who trains the latest newcomer and wonders what will happen when her own departure occurs.
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Series
Paradise (Elin Hilderbrand) volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
As drama unfolds around her and her family after the death of her husband, who was leading a double life, Irene Steele gets some help from a mysterious source and a new beginning in the paradise of St. John after the truth is finally revealed.
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Desperate to understand the war that claimed the life of his brother, journalist John Easley heads to Alaska to investigate the Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands, while his wife is forced to reimagine who she is and what she is capable of doing after he disappears.
15) Grace in autumn
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Series
Heavenly Daze series volume 2
Language
English
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The island community of Heavenly Daze finds its coastal Maine residents preparing for their annual Thanksgiving community festivities and the coming months of cold and snow only to experience unexpected lessons in humility, trust, and hope.
16) The water keeper
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Murphy Shepherd novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Tending the grounds of an island church with no parishioners, retired priest Murphy Shepherd voyages down the Intracoastal waterway to scatter a friend's ashes before agreeing to help a woman whose daughter has been abducted into the world of trafficking.
17) Evening stars
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Series
Blackberry Island novels volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Sisters Nina and Averil Wentworth deal with life and love--and their tenuous relationship with each other--on Blackberry Island.
18) The end
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A series of unfortunate events volume 13
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are truly safe.
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Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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Description
Darkly handsome with an arrogant edge, architectural engineer Scout Ritland is the kind of American man who spells trouble. Chantal duPont should know, for she has experienced the best and worst of the country and its people—including one who broke her heart. Yet here she is, home on sultry Parrish Island, putting herself in the way of another bold Yankee. This time, however, it’s for a good cause: Scout is the one man who can help her...
20) A lethal legacy
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Series
New York Confidential volume 4
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When his cousin's business partner is found dead on an island he inherited, Special Agent Craig Frasier agrees to investigate with psychologist Kieran Finnegan and they discover that the property comes with strange lore and a blood-soaked past.
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