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Author:
Taylor, Sam, 1970-
Title:
The island at the end of the world / Sam Taylor.
Publisher:
Penguin Books,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
viii, 215 p. ; 20 cm.
Subject:
Floods--Social aspects--Fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Islands--Fiction.
Isolation (Philosophy)--Fiction.
Summary:
In a world nearly destroyed by catastrophic floods, one family has been spared. Many years ago, as the waters rose, a father and his three children took to their ark and drifted to the safety of a small island. Life there is a quiet idyll of music and farming. Young Alice, Finn, and Daisy are grateful for their salvation; until the day a stranger swims ashore. A terrifyingly plausible adventure story, The Island at the End of the World is a mesmerizing novel from an exciting new writer.
ISBN:
0143116258
9780143116257
OCLC:
(OCoLC)318191211
LCCN:
2009014382
Locations:
KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)
XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)
MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

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