A young girl finds herselfâand so much moreâduring a summer stay with her grandparents in this âsweet, evocativeâ (Kirkus Reviews) novel from Newbery Awardâwinning author Patricia MacLachlan. When Louisa (short for Louisiana) is sent to stay with her grandparents for the summer, sheâs not looking forward to it. While her brother is determined to find a way to stay on Deer Island forever, Louisa would rather be off having adventures with their globetrotting ornithographer parents. Sheâs a writer, and thereâs nothing on all of Deer Island to write aboutâright? Louisa quickly discovers that small doesnât necessarily mean quiet, and the island has plenty of scope for the imagination. It also has George, the boy who helps her see the world in a whole new light. The end of summer is coming fast, and Louisa must decide what she really wants: travel the world with her parents, or stay on Deer Island with the people sheâs only just learning to love?