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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When their plane crashes over the Pacific Ocean, three science students are left stranded on a tropical island and then imprisoned by a doctor who is performing horrifying experiments on humans involving the transfer of animal genes.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.3 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
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"Widely acknowledged as the first English novel, Daniel Defoe's adventure story of a shipwrecked sailor became an instant classic upon its publication in 1719 and the yardstick for countless castaway narratives to follow." "Robinson Crusoe, an English sailor, finds himself marooned on a desert island after the rest of his shipmates drown in a terrible wreck. He survives on the island for nearly three decades, domesticating livestock, cultivating plants,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to survive, to get along with one another, to combat the island's other diabolical occupants, and to learn their dance numbers in case they are rescued in time for the competition.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Stranded on a deserted island with a boy they barely know, sisters Emma and Henri have to find a way to survive together, even after a betrayal back home ruined their relationship"--
7) Sink or swim
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Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old shy, socially awkward trans teen Bass reluctantly skips school and goes on a boat trip with his adventure-seeking girlfriend, Rosie. When a sudden storm smashes their boat on a rocky shore off a deserted island, Bass and Rosie struggle to make it to safety. Bruised and battling hypothermia, the pair have to seek shelter and work together to survive until they can be rescued. After a horrible night, Rosie, an experienced climber, decides...
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Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this graphic version of the story, the Robinson family is shipwrecked on an island in the East Indies, and must learn how to survive among the abundant, but unfamiliar plants and animals.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10.8 - AR Pts: 41
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Mysterious Island was published in 1874, and it is one of Verne's longest novels. The plot depicts a group of men who have become castaways stranded on an island in the Pacific during the American Civil War. The novel describes their attempts not only to survive but also, with the aid of the scientific and technological know-how, to rebuild their world from the meager resources of the island. At the end, however, it is realized that Captain Nemo,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, Lord of the Flies continues to ignite passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary boys marooned on a coral island has been labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, and even a vision of the apocalypse. But above all, it has earned its place as one of...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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In the summer of 1723, 8 boys and 3 men were marooned on a rocky stack in the middle of the sea at the edge of the Outer Hebrides. This book tells the story of how they survived nine months of deadly storms, madness and starvation with only a few ropes and baskets, and their own fortitude and endurance to save them.