Isle of Ever is Jen Calonita’s newest middle grade novel, a story grounded in the history of Long Island’s North Fork. In an episode of the Long Island History Project, Calonita discusses growing up on Long Island and spending many summers at her grandparents’ house in Mattituck, Suffolk County, NY.
It was there, in between trips to nearby Greenport, that she first heard tell of Captain Kidd’s lost treasure. She tried digging up the local beach, came up empty, but the idea buried itself in Jen’s mind. [Read more…] about Grounded in Long Island History: Jen Calonita’s Middle Grade Novel ‘Isle of Ever’
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