If you have ever been through so much anger on such a tiny Chesapeake island, like Sara Louise Bradshaw, then you should think again. The setting of this story is very important to the plot of the book: Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson. Since the age of 10, Louise dreamed of being a waterman, helping her father fish for crabs in the bay, which she loved to do. She could not do this as …showed first 75 words of 394 total…

…showed last 75 words of 394 total…place. The idea of a girl living on a small island with her family and friends (even though she has none) will right away tell you that it's like a life story and has a homey effect, at least for me if you have no idea what I'm talking about. If the setting is that important to the plot, then the author must have thought long and hard to get this story together so flawlessly.