Island Creatures
$25.49
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2026
Summary
A Golden Kite Award Winner for Young Adult Fiction
From award-winning author Margarita Engle comes a “[f]anciful, hopeful, and heartfelt” (Kirkus Reviews) love story told in verse about childhood friends, once lost and now reconnected, and their fight to protect endangered animals.
Every day, Vida reads to the creatures at the wildlife rescue center and dreams of her childhood in Cuba, where she and her best friend Adán adventured throu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781665959964 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1665959967 |
| Author: | Margarita Engle |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 209g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 140mm x 210mm |
| Audience Age: | 12-99 |
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Critics Review
“Lush yet careful language packs intentionality into few words without sacrificing nuance or character complexity. Many endangered animals, discussions of best zoological practices, and meticulously detailed science juxtapose playful layouts and creative poetic form.” – Booklist
“Engle’s verse narrative boasts rich language steeped in nature’s spiritual beauty and the reciprocal connection between humans and animals. A sweet slow-burner with tight, evocative poems, this tale of adolescent love glows.” – Kirkus Reviews
“Engle illuminates the unintended effects of past events on future generations in a moving love story rooted in two teens’ devotion to wildlife and the dangers of climate change.” – Publishers Weekly
Margarita Engle
Margarita Engle is the Cuban American author of many books, including the verse novels Rima’s Rebellion; Your Heart, My Sky; With a Star in My Hand; The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor winner; The Lightning Dreamer; and Wild Dreamers, a Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Honor book.
Her verse memoirs include Soaring Earth and Enchanted Air, which received the Pura Belpré Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor, and was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, among others.
Her picture books include Drum Dream Girl, Dancing Hands, and The Flying Girl.
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