Margaret Oliphant

with the subtle engraving of Doré’s illustrations perfectly complementing the movement from darkness through to light

William Hope Hodgson

All Mattie Bott and Trevor Karington have ever known were unusually happy

After a long winter cooped up in the lighthouse

The Faraway Island Grade 4 Nonfiction Margaret OliphantWhen a sailor can't bear life on ship any more, he jumps overboard and swims to a big barren rock. There he cares for a half drowned cockerel and plants rice, hiding away when a boat arrives. The sailors are amazed to see rice growing and keep coming back, leaving plants and game birds, until the island bursts with tropical fruit and wildlife. But soon the Queen of Portugal hears about it and demands to meet the person responsible.