Arrested for keeping the lone resident of Penikese Island, a bird keeper named Mr. Having learned of the treasure Susanna had found years earlier, he is prepared to stop at nothing to find it and spends weeks digging for it. Yet while Crow becomes familiar with her family history, Osh struggles with his own fears of losing the one who he has raised and treated as a daughter.Īs the novel unfolds, danger comes to the islands in the form of a violent and greedy treasure hunter named James Kendall. Then, the parents left clues behind, like a puzzle, so that one day their daughter would be able to retrieve her inheritance.Ĭrow is able to piece together the clues and finds a substantial treasure of jewels and coins buried in the baby's decoy grave. They also buried jewels and coins which Susanna, the mother, had pulled from the sea. Crow’s parents created a fake grave so that everyone would think the baby died. He grew up in an orphanage on the mainland only to find life lonely and void of love. She learns that shortly following her birth, her parents sent her out to sea in a skiff with the hope that she would find a better life than that of her older brother. Crow discovers a great deal about her birth family. With Osh and Miss Maggie to guide her on her quest, Crow asks questions of those who previously worked on the island. Armed with this new realization, Crow sets out on a mission to discover her family roots and prove that she is not from the leper colony. She learns they believe she comes from nearby Penikese Island, previously occupied by people sick with leprosy. Crow has always been keenly aware that the local residents keep her at a distance. Crow is happy with her life on Cuttyhunk but has many questions about her past and as she gets older, the yearning to find answers grows and grows until one day she makes a discovery. Although the two adults have no outward romantic relationship, they work as a team to parent young Crow, functioning as her mother and father. Miss Maggie, a neighbor on Cuttyhunk island. Osh, the man who found the newly born Crow tied into an old skiff, raised her. It follows the narrator, twelve-year-old Crow, on a journey to discover her family roots as she comes to terms with her own understanding of what defines a family. Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk is a historical fiction novel for young readers.
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