Jexium Island

by Madeleine Grattan, William Pène du Bois (Illustrator), Peter Grattan (Translator)

Drawn from memories of a childhood near the banks of the Garonne and inspired by tales of the Resistance. The heroes, a young castaway and the French Navy, crack a ring of kidnappers who capture children to work on a North Atlantic island of jexium deposits.

Genres: Fiction

184 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1957

Reviews

[Marisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of my favorite books when I was little.

[Alice · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an old book children no longer read.
I thought it was fascinating when I was about 10. It's about children taken to an island and forced to mine jexium.