The islander

By Cynthia Rylant

Subjects: Mermaids, Loneliness in fiction, Loneliness, Grandfathers, Mermaids in fiction, Orphans in fiction, Fiction, Orphans, Grandfathers in fiction, Islands, Islands in fiction

Description: A haunting children's story. Living with his grandfather on an island off British Columbia, orphaned ten-year-old Daniel feels deep loneliness until the night he meets a mermaid.