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Martin, Jacqueline Briggs , Martin, Jacqueline Briggs

On Sand Island

32 pp. | Houghton | August, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-618-23151-X $$16.00
(3) K-3 Illustrated by David A. Johnson & David A. Johnson. In 1916, ten-year-old Carl, who lives on Sand Island in Lake Superior, dreams of his own boat. With the help of some jetsam boards and a lot of hard work, he achieves his dream. The close-knit nature of island life is relayed both by the gentle and lyrical free verse text and by the misty large-scale ink and watercolor illustrations, which exult in the physicality of the characters, especially the quintessentially boyish Carl.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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