Abel's Island

Steig, W. (1976). Abel's Island. New York, New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

Brief Annotation: Abel and his wife are out one day for a picnic when a huge storm hits. He is swept away by the river and is washed up on an island with no one there but a crazy owl who is out to get him. Over a year passes before he finally come in contact with outside and decides enough is enough he must swim back to his beloved wife.

Genre: Animal Fiction

Grade Level: 2-5

Readers who will like this: A perfect book for the beginning readers of chapter books. Anyone who likes adventure and hope will like this book.

Response/Rating: 4; I really enjoyed this book and I really felt for the character of Abel and the lonliness he suffered. I thought it was very good read and kept me interested the whole time.

Question: What would you do on an island of your own?