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Moon Island (Paperback)

by Rosie Thomas (Author)
3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 362 pages
  • Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd; New edition edition (5 Nov 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0434005177
  • ISBN-13: 978-0434005178
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,952,461 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Every year the Summer People, old and new, join the permanent residents of sea-dominated Pittsharbor (Maine, USA). This year will be crucial - Pittsharbor's fiercely defended privacy is about to be breached. Nothing will ever be the same again, for any of them. A spellbinding novel from master storyteller Rosie Thomas. (Kirkus UK)

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When 14-year-old May Duhane arrives on the coast of Maine for her summer vacation, following the death of her mother, she feels isolated and resentful. Then she discovers the diary of Doone Bennison, a young girl who died in tragic circumstances on the island the year before.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, almost haunting story, keeps you guessing, 16 Dec 2000
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This review is from: Moon Island (Audio Cassette)
This is one of Rosie Thomas's best works. The story follows a father and his two daughters after their move to the beach. The younger of the daughters is struggling with adolesence and is trying to find herself and does so through a haunting secret she discovers in the house. Thoroughly enjoyable reading and Rosie Thomas really makes you feel like you are part of the cast.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, 1 April 2002
This review is from: Moon Island (Paperback)
This is the first Rosie Thomas book I've read and although I enjoyed it, it didn't really grab me. The characters seemed rather 2D, but as the book wore on, I did care what happened to May (the lead). I liked Rosie Thomas's style of writing but I think I would need to read another one of her books to decide whether or not I liked her as an author. The overall word to describe this book would be 'ethereal'.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not bad..., 5 Jan 2001
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This review is from: Moon Island (Paperback)
When I looked at the cover for this book, it sounded so lyrical and beautiful, I grabbed it. It was quite disappointing, however. I found the prose style quite irritating - it read as if the author was in the middle of a creative writing course. It starts off with lots of description so you're frustrated by lack of characterisation and then stumbles around from one character's viewpoint to another so it's hard to get engrossed. Eventually, I grew to enjoy the characters and the story - it was the author's style that I found rather a strain. It made me realise just how brilliant Cathy Kelly is, for example, with 'Someone Like you; - she deals with lots of characters and slips smoothly from one to another, gracefully weaving them together in an apparently effortless way. Definitely Kelly is to be preferred.
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