The Island at the Edge of Night
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2024 · Est. 8.5 hour read

The Island at the Edge of Night

Written by Lucy Strange

A girl who can't remember what she did is sent to a grim island school.

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320 pages· 59,574 words· Est. 8.5 hour read· ~720L· AR 4.7 · 9 AR pts
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Bookroo's summary

Faye Fitzgerald can barely remember the night that changed her life, or what she did to be sent to the Auk Island School, where pupils are treated more like prisoners. Raised among the trees of her botanist father's Forest House, she struggles on the bleak, treeless island. As her classmates defy the cruel headmaster, something on the island calls to Faye, and its secrets are dangerous.

From the publisher

From award winning author Lucy Strange, The Island at the Edge of Night is a dark, suspenseful mystery set on an island where science and magic blur and danger and secrets unfold.Faye Fitzgerald does not remember what she's done to land herself at the Auk Island School. She remembers so little about the night that changed her life. Growing up surrounded by nature with her botonist father in the Forest House, she can't cope with the bleak and treeless island where the school sits in seclusion.Where she and the other children are treated more like prisoners than pupils.While her fellow students begin to defy the horrible headmaster within the walls of the school, something is begging for Faye's attention on the outside. "The Knife," the only mountain on the island, is calling for her. And it will draw her into a web of secrets that she could have never thought possible.In this gripping mystery that weaves in and around the line between science and magic, a murdered prince, a majestic stag, and a key that will open any door lead Faye on a dangerous journey across the desolate landscape to uncover what happened and the truth about her father's scientific discoveries.The Island at the Edge of Night is a masterfully written, gripping mystery rooted in family and the healing power of nature​​ from the Queen of Gothic.

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
320
Words
59,574
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
~720L
AR book level
4.7
AR points
9
AR quiz
559163
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Book details

Reading levels
F&P level
~Q
AR interest level
MG
Publication
Published
June 2, 2026
First published
April 11, 2024
Publisher
Chicken House
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781338686494

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