Bright Island is a children's novel by Mabel Robinson.
It tells the story of Thankful Curtis, who, having grown up on a small island off the coast of Maine, reluctantly agrees to attend school on the mainland for her senior year.
[1] The novel, illustrated by Lynd Ward, was first published in 1937 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1938.
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