Found: young teen adventure book

looking for a book I read when I was in grade 7 or 8 back in mid ninties. It was about a boy who canoes to a small island and his adventures, and trials at home. any help would be appreciated. sorry I lack anymore details I have forgotten most of it. I remember mentions or the grey pre-dawn sky, sleeping under the canoe

Could it be "Call It Courage" or "Brian's Winter"

nope looked up both of those and it is definitely not from the Brian's Saga series. and not Call it Courage either.

>3 foreverknight86: Do you have any idea what the cover could've looked like? Or the illustration style if it had any illustrations? I'm thinking of a book and I have to check the title later today, but I believe there was a kid or a teen or another man and 2 of them were on the island until the boy was left alone. I think the boy came across an older man on the island..

I don't have a clue what the cover would have looked like, I'm sorry. As for anyone else in the book I feel like it was just the boy, but I may be mistaken.

The island part sounds like A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt. He certainly had many trials in his home life. While the island was a small portion of the whole book, it had a major impact on his life, and there are many references to it in the rest of the book.

>6 MajorKira: thank you I'll look into it

Sorry thats not it. I feel the island was smaller, fresh water, more temperate, less tropical and more sparse. I dont recall many trees or a gator pond. I recall vague mentions about eating canned food off the fire. Standing naked in the sunrise. This book is close but has I felt the island was kore the central focus

It’s not The Goats is it?

>9 LauraFiallos: nope. I just found it.... It is called (big shocker) The Island by Gary Paulsen... OMG how dumb was I???

Touchstone: The Island