Island of Graves by Lisa McMann

Author:Lisa McMann
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

Island Number Seven

Alex balled up his blanket and threw it at Sky’s head. “Wake up!” he called. “We’re here!”

Sky groaned. She pushed the blanket aside and yawned.

Alex rubbed the sleep from his eyes and looked at the towering island. It was huge—much larger than he had remembered, but he’d never seen it close-up before. The smooth, sheer cylindrical island appeared to be entirely formed from light brown rock, with muted orange waves of color swirling through it, void of any particular pattern. It rose straight up into the air hundreds of feet.

The boat slowly moved around the perimeter of the island, and the map on the dashboard flashed the word “ARRIVED” in green letters, which disappeared when Alex took over the steering wheel. He increased the speed slightly, staring at the immense wall before him for any clues on how he and Sky might be able to land. Was there an opening in the wall somewhere?

Sky got up and stretched. She took in the new scenery for a moment, looking all the way to the top of the island at its spikey crown, where flowering ivy dangled down a short distance. She folded and put the blankets away. “See anything?” she asked.

“Not so far,” Alex said.

“What did Spike say about it?”

Alex turned and scanned the water. “I haven’t seen her yet this morning.” He sped up the boat a bit more to see if the whale was visible around the curve. “Spike!” he called.

“There she is,” Sky said, moving to Alex’s side and pointing to a flash in the morning light. She opened the center of the windshield and hopped onto the bow, where there was even more cushioned seating. Straining forward over the railing at the point of the bow, she tried to see what was around the curve.

Spike saw them moving in and came toward them. “There is a something floating,” she said, moving alongside the boat.

“What is it?” Alex asked. “A boat?”

“No. It is alive,” Spike said.

“A floating, living creature?” asked Alex. “Like a duck of some sort?”

“Oh, no, the Alex. It is not a duck. It is hiding from me. I cannot see it, but I know it is there.”

Alex’s lips twitched. He glanced at Sky, who was trying not to smile at the whale’s odd way of speaking. Turning back to Spike, he said, “Do you think it’s afraid of you? Is that why it’s hiding?”

“I do not think so.” Spike ducked under the water for a moment, disappeared, and came up on the other side of the boat. “I think it does not want to be seen by anybody. When I follow it, it stays out of sight around the curve of the island, even when I go very fast.”

Alex wasn’t sure what to make of it. “Do you think it’s dangerous? Like the eel?”

Spike blew water from her blowhole. “It is not like the eel. I cannot tell if it is dangerous, but it does not want to attack us.”

“How do you know that?” asked Sky.

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