The River by Gary Paulsen

★★★

Push Not the River by James Conroyd Martin

★★★

"What is past, one cannot change, so each backward glance is a bit of the present slipping away."

Dolphin Song by Lauren St. John

★★★

Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman

★★

Flush by Carl Hiaasen

★★★

Fish by L. S. Matthews

★★★★

Summerhouse Time by Eileen Spinelli

★★★

Stowaway by Karen Hesse

★★

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

★★★★★

"Below me Rontu was running along the cliffs barking at the screaming gulls.  Pelicans were chattering as they finished the blue water.  But suddenly I thought of Tutok, and the island seemed very quiet."

Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson

★★★

"One of the sisters started shaving her legs and marrying tax inspectors, so she was no good."