The Islanders
Author: Townsend, John Rowe
ISBN: 9781849413510
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 15 May 2015
Pages: 190
Format: Paperback / softback
An unputdownable and thought-provoking novel which explores the dangers of human prejudice.
The inhabitants of Halcyon Island are ruled by the laws of the Deliverer and follow the same customs and traditions that have prevailed for hundreds of years. The laws state 'No incomers', but when Thomas and Molly find a shipwrecked canoe with a boy and girl, barely alive, inside they are determined not to reject them outright. New blood on the island is bound to cause a disturbance, but the effects the incomers have on the close-knit community are beyond anyone's predictions.
ISBN: 9781849413510
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 15 May 2015
Pages: 190
Format: Paperback / softback
An unputdownable and thought-provoking novel which explores the dangers of human prejudice.
The inhabitants of Halcyon Island are ruled by the laws of the Deliverer and follow the same customs and traditions that have prevailed for hundreds of years. The laws state 'No incomers', but when Thomas and Molly find a shipwrecked canoe with a boy and girl, barely alive, inside they are determined not to reject them outright. New blood on the island is bound to cause a disturbance, but the effects the incomers have on the close-knit community are beyond anyone's predictions.
