Girl from Emeraline I.

By Robert S. Blum

Book Overview

The Girl from the Emeraline Island This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345308476
• ISBN13: 9780345308474
• Release Date: April 1984
• Publisher: Del Rey Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Wow...

When I say I read a lot I want you to understand that I read A LOT. Generally 2 books a day, depending on the size of the book (Granted a Stephen King book takes me about 2-3 days.) I read adult books, young adult books, humor books, sci-fi, horror...you name it and I read it. With all that in mind I have to tell you this is one of the best books I've read in a long time! I rushed online hoping to find that this author had done a sequel, or a series, or even just any other book at all...sadly I haven't found any others yet. Was this just a one-hit-wonder? If so, it's is still worth reading, but it saddens me that such a great author never completed another masterpiece. Still, I will keep looking...maybe I missed one!

This book really has everything

An excellent storyline, plot twists, moral overtones that still reflect on our society 20+ years later. Characters that draw you into them and you actually care! When I think about the secret of the Emeraline Island, I STILL get chills!

A book worth reading again and again!

I first read this book as a teenager and the character of Ellia is superb and unforgettable. The author does an excellent job of portraying this girl's struggles with a very strict patriarcal society as she seeks to gain a forbidden education and her struggle with her emotions as she matures into a woman while forced to masquerade as a boy in order to pursue the life which she wants. I have always wished to read another book by this author. It is very unfortunate that none exist. This book is a keeper.

It spoke to my heart in 1984...

I first read this book in 1984, when I was 15. I immediately searched for other books by the author, unfortunately to no avail. Periodically, I looked for new titles but never found one. It is now 17 years later and I am again re-reading this marvelous, magically inspiring book. I'm not a girl but this book is one of the most influential stories in my life. It is up there in my top ten with "To Kill a Mockingbird", "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", "The Good Earth", "Starship Troopers", "The Door Into Summer", "Podkayne of Mars"(I'm obviously a big Heinlein fan), and "The Forever War".When I was 15, I fell in love with Ellia and have been searching for her since. I've been unsucessful so far but have not given up hope. [....] Another story with characters as rich as those in this book, especially Ellia, would be a real pleasure to read. [....] I absolutely loved "The Girl from the Emeraline Island". [....]

Wonderful

I've never read a better sci fi book in my life! It's worth the wait. I've read it twice already. I really would recomend this book for anyone who likes Anna McCaffery