Mount Desert Island

Mount Desert Island is a part of Acadia National Park in Maine. Located near Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island features beaches, lakes, beautiful scenery, and campgrounds. It is at one such campground that Jack and his mother take a site and prepare to spend three days. It is at this campsite that Jack wakes up at the beginning of the novel to discover his mother has vanished. It is also at the campsite that Jack befriends Aiden and Aiden’s family, and where Jack must begin to rely on himself for food, drink, and care.

Bar Harbor

Bar Harbor is a beautiful coastal town in Maine, popular with tourists. It is one of the many places that Jack and his mother have planned to visit. In Bar Harbor, Jack steals a plastic elephant from Sherman’s book and gift store, and where Jack meets Big Jack...