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The Islanders
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| Author(s): | Roland Pertwee |
| Illustrator(s): | Ernest H. Shepard |
| Publisher(s): | Oxford University Press The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc. |
| Year Published: | 1956 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | Adventure Boys Growing Up Fiction - Novel Holidays |
| Age Range: | Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books |
| Pages: | 267 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| OCLC: | 1476623 |
Description
“A mile of river and five hundred acres of woodland” are turned over to Pat and his friends Toby and Nick for the summer holidays. This is the second English edition and first American edition with illustrations by Ernest Shepard.
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The Islanders (1950)
“A mile of river and five hundred acres of woodland” are turned over to Pat and his friends Toby and Nick for the summer holidays. This is the English first edition with illustrations by Margery Gill.
Other Sequels
Rough Water (1951)
Continues the adventures of Pat, Toby and Nick on Mr. Beckett’s “mile of salmon stream and five hundred acres of woods.”
An Actor’s Life For Me (1953)
This book takes place after the events of The Islanders, Rough Water and Operation Wild Goose and deals with Nick’s doings at drama school.
Operation Wild Goose (1955)
The three Islanders, Pat, Nick and Toby, are on a salmon fishing expedition to Iceland when they stumble on a nest of spies.
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