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Bright Island / Mabel L. Robinson ; with decorations by Lynd Ward. |
| Authors: | Robinson, Mabel Louise, 1874-1962. |
| Call number: | jFIC ROB |
| Publisher: | New York : Random House Books for Young Readers, 2012, c1937. |
| Publication date: | 2012, c1937. |
| Subject: |
Families -- Maine -- Fiction.
Daughters -- Maine -- Fiction. Islands -- Maine -- Fiction. Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. Boarding schools -- Juvenile fiction. Schools -- Juvenile fiction. Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction. City and town life -- Maine -- Juvenile fiction. Bildungsromans. Islands -- Maine -- Juvenile fiction. Maine -- Fiction. Maine -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Title: | Bright Island / Mabel L. Robinson ; with decorations by Lynd Ward. |
| Edition: | 75th anniversary ed. |
| Physical description: | 276 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| Notes: | Originally published: New York : Random House, 1937. |
| Summary note: | When sixteen-year-old Thankful Curtis must leave Bright Island, Maine, for the first time in 1937, she has trouble adjusting to life on the mainland, new people, and "proper schooling," and yearns for her days of farming with her father and sailing. |
| Awards note: | Newbery Honor Book, 1938. |
| Genre: | Bildungsromans. |
| Added author: | Ward, Lynd, 1905-1985, ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780394809861 (hardback) 0394809866 (hardback) 9780375971365 (pbk.) 037597136X (pbk.) |
| LCCN: | 2012009178 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1408304 |
| Bib No.: | 1408304 |