Would you be up for the adventure offered by the little green boat? For now the book is a standalone, but I suppose anything’s possible!Ĥ. I have a very clear sense of other storylines, both on the island and in the world beyond the mist. I wanted my readers to experience some of the same frustration Jinny does as they followed her through the story. They’re just sort of stuck wandering through life with unanswered questions. So often, we expect kids to follow our rules without explanations. For Orphan Island, that’s especially true. I’m a big believer that every book is a collaboration between reader and author, and so in each book I leave certain things ambiguous for the reader to interpret. There was actually a surprising amount of logistical math required to write the book. But the math didn’t work out, because Ess (the kid who arrives at the beginning) needed to be a girl, and girls and boys arrive on alternating years. Initially, I imagined ten kids, not nine. How did you decide to make nine the magic number of orphans?
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