The Islander

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The Islander is a book published in 1998 by the Newbery Medal winning author Cynthia Rylant.

It is the story of Daniel, whose parents have died and he goes to live with his grandfather on remote gray island off of British Columbia. Together they live a very lonely life, hardly talking to anyone. But the loneliness soon lifts from Daniel when he meets a mermaid. He returns to the shore later, hoping to meet her again, but instead finds a sea otter, who then tosses him a seashell which contains a key. This Book is his search to find what the key unlocks.