By Johanna Sweet

Winner of the Bronze medal in the Pre-Teen Fiction - Mature Issues category for the 2020 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards!

"The Moonbeam Children's Book Awards are intended to bring increased recognition to exemplary children's books and their creators, and to support childhood literacy and life-long reading. The Awards recognize and reward the best of these books and bring them to the attention of parents, booksellers, librarians - and to children themselves." Click here to see the full results of this national book contest.

Jane, Silas and Asa, going stir crazy with the restrictions put on them due to the coronavirus, accidentally set off on what will be quite the adventure. Whisked away by boat to a mysterious island, they encounter a strange little man who tries to entice them to stay with the things each loves the most. When Jane comes to the realization that the strange little man represents the virus, the children must work together—through kindness, courage, and their support of one another—to escape his reach and get themselves home again.

Corona Island empowers children and aims to help them learn to confront conflict and rise above it. The book provides study questions to help understand the story and room to write one’s own COVID-19 chapter.

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Featured on WABI Channel 5 News. Click here to see the coverage.

Ask the author: Click here to read a conversation with author Johanna Sweet.

“My 9-year-old son read it and even recommended it to his younger sister.”

“We are excited to share copies with our children and grandchildren!”