Daybreak on Raven Island

From the critically acclaimed author of Midnight at the Barclay Hotel comes a thrilling new middle grade mystery novel inspired by Alcatraz Prison.

Tori, Marvin, and Noah would rather be anywhere else than on the seventh grade class field trip to Raven Island prison. Tori would rather be on the soccer field, but her bad grades have benched her until further notice; Marvin would rather be at the first day of a film festival with his best friend, Kevin; and Noah isn't looking forward to having to make small talk with his classmates at this new school.

But when the three of them stumble upon a dead body in the woods, miss the last ferry back home, and then have to spend the night on Raven Island, they find that they need each other now more than ever. They must work together to uncover a killer, outrun a motley ghost-hunting crew, and expose the age-old secrets of the island all before daybreak.

Author: Fleur Bradley
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: 08/23/2022
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.81w x 0.93d
ISBN: 9780593404638
Audience: Ages 9-12


Award: Agatha Awards - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2022
School Library Journal 07/22/2022 pg. 1
Booklist 08/01/2022 pg. 72
Publishers Weekly 08/22/2022

About the Author
Fleur Bradley is an active member of SCBWI and MWA, where she has judged for the Edgars. She regularly does school and Skype visits, as well as librarian and educator conference talks on reaching reluctant readers. Originally from the Netherlands, she now lives in Colorado, not too far from the historic (and haunted) Stanley Hotel, which partly inspired this manuscript.