Lindgren, Astrid, 1907-2002.

Seacrow Island / Astrid Lindgren ; translated from the Swedish by Evelyn Ramsden. - 283 pages ; 20 cm - The New York Review Books children's collection .

Originally published in Sweden as Vi på Saltråkan by Rabén & Sjögren, 1964. This translation originally published 1968. Translated from the Swedish.

Life in their rented summer cottage on Seacrow Island is sometimes happy, sometimes exciting, and sometimes tragic, but never uneventful for a Swedish author, his three sons, and nineteen-year-old daughter. When they arrive on Seacrow Island the Melkerson family have doubts about their choice of summer vacation, their little cottage is rundown, and it's pouring with rain, but it's not long before they're won over by the fun, adventure, and friendships that the island has to offer


Text in English

9780192745576 (pbk)


Families--Sweden--Juvenile fiction.
Islands--Juvenile fiction.

PZ7.L65585 / Se 2015

L643