Aleko's island
Edward Fenton
Hardcover
(Junior Literary Guild and Doubleday & Co, March 15, 1948)
Juvenile book by Edward Fenton. Aleko's Island is the Greek island of Mytilene. Aleko is a poor orphan whose beloved goat Lesbia happens to dig up a valuable bronze artifact-that of a boy carrying a lamb on his shoulders. Instead of selling the treasure for cash, Aleko accepts an offer for the artifact to be placed in a museum in exchange for his getting an education in Athens to become an archaeologist.