Books like Bright Island by Mabel Louise Robinson

In 1943 Copenhagen, ten‑year‑old Annemarie Johansen helps her Jewish friend Ellen Rosen escape Nazi persecution, learning courage and resilience while navigating war‑time hardships.

A charming first look at early American pioneer life, following young Laura Ingalls and her family as they live in a simple Wisconsin cabin, learn chores, and grow together on the Big Woods frontier.

A solitary Chumash girl is left on San Nicolas Island and must learn to survive alone, mastering skills traditionally reserved for men while facing danger, hunger and loneliness.

A young boy spends a year alone in the Catskill Mountains, learning wilderness survival, relying on nature and animal friends, and ultimately discovering that he cannot thrive without human companionship.

Sarah, Plain and Tall Saga

A thirteen‑year‑old Inuit girl named Julie leaves home, is lost in Alaska’s tundra, and must survive by learning from the wolves that join her, while defying expectations of her people.

Eight‑year‑old Clementine navigates a tricky friendship with her neighbor Margaret while styling hair, and she joins her father to rid their apartment building’s front yard of pigeons.

Pops runs a bird hospital on an island where he and his young helper Simon nurse an injured baby bird back to health.

High School level

A poignant exploration of the complexities of family and friendship on a remote island.

Contains 37 plays by William Shakespeare, including classics like Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and Macbeth.

Nicole, a young woman from a quiet Mediterranean island, is swept into London’s glamorous music scene when she falls for famed composer Paul Quest, confronting love, ambition and identity.

Contains: PLAYS (38) All's Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline [Hamlet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15203981W/Hamlet) Julius Caesar King Henry IV. Part 1 King Henry IV. Part 2 King Henry V King Henry VI. Part 1 King Henry VI. Part 2 King Henry VI. Part 3 King Henry VIII King John King Lear King Richard II King Richard III Love's Labour's Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure Merchant of Venice Merry Wives of Windsor Midsummer Night's Dream [Much Ado About Nothing](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362691W) Othello Pericles [Romeo and Juliet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362705W/Romeo_and_Juliet) Taming of the Shew [Tempest](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362699W) Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona **Two Noble Kinsmen** Winter's Tale POEMS (5) & Sonnets Lover's Complaint Phoenix and the Turtle Rape of Lucrece Sonnets Venus and Adonis

Judy Railton takes a leap of faith, chasing a promise in a newspaper ad, and sails to Hawaii to marry a man she has never met—British expatriate Peter Delmer—setting the stage for a 1940s romance of chance and destiny.

A comprehensive compilation of William Shakespeare’s comedies, histories, tragedies, romances, poems and brief accounts of lost plays, encompassing classic titles such as *Hamlet*, *Macbeth* and *Romeo and Juliet* as well as lesser‑known fragments.