Like Avis, readers will fall in love with Foula and will dream of the island long after they have reached the last page of this exciting story.Ĭorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: They provide a riveting magical element to the story, creating a story-within-a-story. Willow Dawson's art depicts the stories the professor tells Avis in enchanting graphic-novel form. In an atmosphere of growing anxiety, readers will be glued to the dramatic events as they unfold and the surprising fate of the people they have come to know. They will identify with Avis and Professor Holbourn as they grapple with a stubborn captain, encounter German stowaways and contend with the feud between Avis's two cabin mates. The immediacy of Frieda Wishinsky's voice will engage readers in this thrilling story based on real events. How can she survive the sudden devastation of the ship? Will the people she cares about, especially the professor, live through the horror and danger? When the Lusitania is attacked, Avis must draw on all her newfound strength to cope with the confusion, terror and despair. Avis is lonely and afraid until she meets a kindly professor whose stories of a magical island help her face an uncertain future. War is raging in Europe, and the Germans threaten to sink the ship. Inspired by the story of actual passengers on the ill-fated Lusitania, this is a novel of great adventure and suspense, including graphic novel-style illustrations.Īvis Dolphin doesn't want to leave New York and sail to England on the Lusitania.
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