Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Two: Megan's Island

Okay, so I haven't quite managed to post once daily--but I'm posting today, at least!  Anyway, Megan's Island, by Willo Davis Roberts, is a chapter book for upper elementary school kids, and sometimes it's described as a mystery.  It doesn't feel like an adult mystery novel, exactly, but there is certainly a mystery at the heart of the plot, which is also rather suspenseful.  I read Megan's Island at the behest of one of my coworkers, who remembers it as a childhood favorite of hers.  (I had already convinced her to read A Wrinkle in Time, one of my favorites as a kid, and still as an adult, so I felt it only right to reciprocate.  Also, I like reading books that people suggest to me, because they're usually not things I would have read otherwise.  But I digress!)  If you're looking for a decent kid's book or a very light mystery, Megan's Island is probably as good a choice as any, and the fact that it was written (and set in) a time before cell phones and helicopter parents makes it interesting if for no other reason than as a reminder that, yes, there was a time when people lived perfectly happily without cell phones.