![]() ![]() Their son Jason was sent to an orphanage in nearby New Bedford. He tells her that a couple named Susanna and Elvan had the only children on Penikese. ![]() Seeking information, Crow writes to the former director of the Penikese hospital, Dr. Before they go, Crow sees a carving of a lamb-a word mentioned in the letter from her mother-on a gravesite. ![]() On Penikese, a man named Kendall poses as the gamekeeper and demands they leave. ![]() The letter’s scant few words become clues in Crow’s search. The night before they go, Osh shows Crow a ring and a tattered letter from her biological mother-he found them attached to her the day that he found her. When she learns they fear she came from Penikese, an island that once hosted a leper colony, she becomes intensely curious about her past.Ĭrow, Osh, and Maggie explore Penikese after they learn it has been turned into a bird sanctuary. She is also aware that the residents of Cuttyhunk treat her strangely, refusing to touch her or even allow her into school. Crow knows she was abandoned at birth and that Osh adopted her. They often go to the neighboring island of Cuttyhunk, home of their friend, Miss Maggie. This guide uses the edition published by Dutton Children’s Books, Penguin Young Readers Group.Ĭrow lives with Osh in a cottage he built from salvaged wood, on a tiny island in the Elizabeths. ![]()
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