The Last Ferry to Gull Island
Grade 6 · Chapter book
The Last Ferry to Gull Island
Written and illustrated by PlayOwl
On the day the last ferry of the year sails, a silver medal vanishes from the island's one glass case. Mina has an order book, a till tape and two hours.
- 22 pages
- 4,226 words
- Long read
For grown-ups: what this book practices, and where it comes from
What this book practices
An original fair-play mystery on a small island. Every clue is on the page: a locked case, a moved stool, a card turned face down and one line in an old ledger. The answer turns on motive and a misunderstanding, not villainy. Practices inference, weighing evidence and judging sources.
- Level
- Chapter book: Six chapters, about 190 words on a page
- Themes
- Mystery, Community, Honesty, Kindness
- After the story
- A short activity checks understanding, then a prompt to tell a grown-up about the book.
Levels are PlayOwl's own design guidelines for each grade, not a certified reading level. In I'll Read, PlayOwl records that a child turned every page; it cannot hear whether the words were read.
Credit and rights
Written and illustrated by PlayOwl.
- Cover
- Drawn in code for PlayOwl in 2026 with the Read with Olly illustration kit. An original design. Original work owned by PlayOwl.
- Illustrations
- Drawn in code for PlayOwl in 2026 with the Read with Olly illustration kit, from the picture briefs in this file (a small island harbor, a general store with one glass case, a ferry wharf and a ferry cabin). Original designs. Original work owned by PlayOwl.
- Narration
- Spoken by the reader's own device voice. PlayOwl ships no recording. No recorded work exists.
- Text
- Written for PlayOwl in 2026. An original story; every sentence is new PlayOwl wording. Original work owned by PlayOwl.
