Dan Gemeinhart is one of my favorite authors right now. His book Some Kind of Courage, is on this year's Texas Bluebonnet List, and his newest, Scar Island,  is just as good at his first book. Scar Island is about Jonathan who is sent to an island reformatory school , which resembles Alcatraz. Feeeling that he deserves to be sent to Scar Island, a freak accident happens on his 2nd day there that leaves the boys without adult supervision. What will the boys do on this remote island without any supervision? When a hurricane comes, what will they do? Already some students have checked out this book and have liked it as much as I have!