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Title: Castaways on Long Ago by Edward Ormondroyd, Karen C. Rhine ISBN: 0-9714612-8-7 Publisher: Green Mansion Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)

Rating: 4
Summary: Not precisely what the title implies
Comment: I expected this to be another of Ormondroyd's excellent time travel books, like Time at the Top. Instead, it's a somewhat metaphysical tale, with rather less meat than most of his books - but still quite enjoyable to those who love old-style children's literature.

Three children - Linda, Richard, and Dudley - are making a stay in the countryside. When they spy an island, they are told that the place is forbidden, as is the lake that surrounds it; it's all the property of an old lady whose son died in a freak accident on the lake 50 years ago. The children name the island "Long Ago," and, led on by mysterious invitations, plot to get there, where they find both answers and danger.

About 75% of the book concerns the kids' plans to get to the island, most of them abortive, which probably accounts for the slowness of the novel. And the book doesn't make the transition into modern day as well as many of Ormondroyd's; the gender roles become particularly grating after a while, as Linda plays Goodie Two Shoes to Richard's single-minded obsession and Dudley's more rounded character.

Still, the book is good fun in an old-fashioned vein, and Ormondroyd fans will probably enjoy it quite a bit.