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Gr 4–6—Flor and Sylvie are more than just best friends; "they are each other's perfect friend." But when Sylvie is suddenly sent away to live with relatives, Flor must fend for herself on isolated Moonpenny Island. Friends are hard to come by in such a tiny town, but Flor soon meets Jasper, the odd daughter of a geologist doing research on the island. Through the study of ancient fossils, Flor learns about the evolution of eyesight and applies her newfound knowledge to her own pe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The tiny Ohio vacation spot of Moonpenny Island is "barely more than a lump of limestone," the perfect substance for the formation of fossils. And the island is lousy with fossils -- specifically, of trilobites from the Cambrian period -- as Flor learns when a geologist and his daughter come to explore. Flor, a sixth-grade townie (in fact the only sixth grader now that her best friend Sylvie goes to school on the mainland), becomes particularly fascin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Ohio's Moonpenny Island is lousy with fossils--specifically trilobites (one of the first creatures to develop eyes) from the Cambrian pe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More