The fictional island of San Piedro near the San Juan Islands in Washington State in 1954 is a world most of us know little about. The island mentality is crucial. Guterson has lived on an island near Puget Sound in Washington for ten years and has written of the characteristics of life on an island. Apart from the isolation, the main feature he stresses is the level of involvement people have with one another.
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SN54
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resource
Language:
English
Subject:
English Novel
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1.a close focus
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2.issues
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3.characters
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