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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.

Other Editions

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.

Publisher: Oxford University Press
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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.”

Publisher: Oxford University Press
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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.

Publisher: Oxford University Press
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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.

Publisher: Oxford University Press
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