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Book Title: Island of an Aunts

Author: Eva Ibbotson

Publishing company: Penguin Group

Year of publishing: 1999

Number of pages: 97

After they had finished shores in the mermaid shed, they took a rest and were taken to meet the seals. Every seal lay by the water, except one sat quiet on a rock. Its name called Herbert, who has meet Fabio and Minette first day accidentally. When Herbert opened his eyes and looked at them, they felt he is an intelligent more than a seal. Aunt Myrtle seemed to know what they're thinking about. She nodded and said, "yes, he is a special kind of seal, called selkie". "Selkie are soul of drowned man and if someone sticks a knife in them, they will turn back to human. Herbert's mother brought him to the island many years ago, because he had a cough that wouldn't get better……." Myrtle told them the whole story about Herbert and his family.

Next day, Etta took them to the hill, on the top of there is an enormous big bird, called "boobrie". Their job is helping her lay eggs but those eggs seemed to be stuck inside of her. They dip rages into hot caster oil and handed them to her. When they were finding food for boobrie afternoon, they saw a strange creature appeared from water and slithered out of water. They rushed down the hills and ran into the house. They trembled and told aunts what they saw. Aunts explained to them that these creatures came from Iceland and are good friends.

Lambert is another boy kidnapped to the island, but he had a bad temper and refuse to doing work. One day, Fabio took Lambert's lunch into his room, threw food on land and told him "you're not getting something to eat until you work."

The story doesn't finish, and I will continue reading it although we don't have to write English Journal. The island in the story looks so fantastic that I want to travel to there if the island is exist. I also want to see these special creatures, and talk to them. Maybe one day these creatures will show on the "animal plant" channel.

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