Author(s): John Rowe Townsend

Fiction - YA

The inhabitants of Halcyon island follow the customs that have prevailed for years. The laws state no incomers, but when Thomas and Molly find a shipwrecked canoe with a boy and girl, they are determined not to reject them outright. New blood is bound to cause a disturbance, but the effects the newcomers have are beyond anyone's predictions.