The island by Gary Paulsen

The Island by Gary Paulsen. Published by Dell Publishing, c. 1988, 202 pp.
The Island is a young adult's novel about a unique fifteen year old boy, named Wil Neuton, who has to move to a new home in a new city, because of his father's new job. When their family has finished the move, Wil goes out for a bike ride and as he is traveling across a bridge and gazing out over the water, he discovers a small island in the middle of a big lake. Wil becomes interested in this island and once he rows out to it, in a canoe he finds on the shore, he discovers that there is something pulling him to…