Megan's Island

Well this was a fun LFL find. A little longer and more intense than one might guess from blurb, but also funny bits, and bits that were all about 'the feels.' I see there is a reprint with a dramatically different cover... which it deserves. However, it is hard to imagine, now, that the grandfather would not have a phone at the cottage, or in his pocket, so a reader has to approach this somewhat as 'historical fiction' in a sense.

If they can, they may love it. Solving the mystery, hiding in a treehouse/cave built by themselves on an island, learning that other families are 'broken' too, learning to row one boat & paddle another, the big stray dog... lots to enchant a kid. Some of you might have read this when you were a child. (Lots of show more people apparently loved this copy, as it's rubbed & wrinkled and needs a rubber band for the loose pages.... ;)

"... sometimes, when you hurt a lot, you don't feel like being nice to other people." show less

This book's number one point is that the main character has the same first name as me. Megan is stuck not knowing many, many things and as she gets clues, things only get more mysterious. As she gets answers she discovers that she's facing a lot of danger.

Megan and her brother Sandy are whisked away by their mother to their grandfather's cottage suddenly. Megan wonders who she is and why her mother is acting so strange. Will she ever know? Find out in MEGAN'S ISLAND.