SOLVED. 1960's book. Mom and daughter move to island after death of sister, she has to take a ferry to the main land for school. There's a native American boy who doesn't talk and she befriends him. [s]

[Leslie]

The father may have been in the military, I think the island was off the NW Pacific Coast. Any help is awesome! Thanks.

[Rainbowheart]

What year did you read this book?

[Leslie]

it was my bff's mom's book, so I'm thinking it's from the late 60's or very early 70's. I would have been in high school (late 80's) when I read it.

[Rainbowheart]

This sounds familiar to me!

I keep thinking of Evening Star and Cabins with Window Boxes, but in those books, it's the girl who is Native American.

Was the girl high school age?

[Leslie]

Yes. she had to take a ferry to the mainland from the island to go to high school.

[Becca]

Island Exile by Jean Nielsen? There's a copy on archive.org and as far as I can tell it's about a girl called Maggie who moves to an island off the Washington coast after the death of her younger sister. She befriends a Native American boy called Mike who I think does speak but other characters think he's 'stupid'.
The copy on archive.org is here if that helps: https://archive.org/details/islandexi...

[Leslie]

Omg! this might be it, I'll check it out. thanks!

[Leslie]

it is the right book! thanks so much for your help ❤️

[Leslie]

how do I change this thread to solved?

[Becca]

You're very welcome!

[Kris]

Glad you found your book, Leslie. I marked your request as Solved by clicking the small "edit" link after the topic header. This only works on the full Desktop Website and the Mobile Website - not the App.

[Leslie]

Ok. thank you.