53 pages 1 hour read

Laurel Snyder

Orphan Island

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

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Chapters 21-25Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 21 Summary: “Unfolding Wings”

It’s laundry day, which means that the kids put all their clothes on at once and hike to the other side of the island, where the water is clear and clean, and then they swim and play games until their clothes are cleaner. However, Loo can’t swim yet, so Jinny stays with him on the shore, where he tortures a starfish. Jinny repeatedly asks him to stop, but he keeps doing it, pulling even harder on its limbs each time. Jinny throws the starfish back out to sea and then takes Loo to allegedly learn to swim. However, he finds another starfish and breaks off one of its limbs, seemingly proud of himself. Jinny is shocked that he’s torturing animals for fun and that he’s so disobedient, and she slaps him across the face. She then calls Ben over and asks him to watch Loo because she needs to be alone.

Later, Ben asks Jinny if she’ll ever leave the island, and she’s not sure. However, Ben does plan to leave sometime, but he’s not sure when to go since the boat won’t be arriving for him given that Jinny stuck it on the beach.