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When Dara and Bran depart their home on the island of Inishglass, off the coast of Ireland, to attend school in Galway, they encounter a new tutor who has moved to a seemingly abandoned island. However, the island is more than it appears – it is haunted, and the tutor secretly harbors plans to keep the boys on the island forever. The story follows the boys' attempts to uncover the truth and find a way to escape the eerie environment that threatens to imprison them.
First publish date: 1989
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Eilis Dillon
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