Murphy's Island

by Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna

Book Overview

Collette Murphy has to go with her large, often trying family to a small island and start sixth grade there as the new girl in school. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590435531
• ISBN13: 9780590435536
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 10 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Murphy's Island by Catherine Murphy

So far Murphy's Island was one of the best book i've ever read. This book is about a girl named Collette who is in bad good relationship with her best friend Marsha. Collette is moving because her father is going on a four month trip.The Murphy family wanted to stick together. The whole family then was going on the trip soon. When everyone was ready to leave Collette's brothers' and sister ran over to Marsha ready to hug her. Collette then relized how much she would miss marsha. This book is a great book for a girl. Murphy's Island has action,saddness,and humor rolled up in one. I hope take a look at Murphy's Island when you're in the library sometime because this is a great book!

It's has a sad middle but you'll be suprised by the end!

This book tells me that in some cases, moving can cause you to be an outsider. This can be good at times, because it teaches you to stay close to family. This book expresses the regular fears of children on the first day at school where you don't know anyone, in this case the one person she does know won't talk to her because of a school tradition. It also expresses how tough death is, and teamwork always comes through. In this book a dangerous situation changes people, and it could change the way you think of others!!!!!!!!