Island
By: Gordon Korman
Island Info
Written by Gordon Korman
ISBN-3:978-0486275598
Genre: Realistic fiction
Grades: 6 and up
My review
The second title in a new survival trilogy introduces six kids who are sent on a boating trip to the Pacific Ocean as a character-building experience. When a terrifying storm hits, the ship is wrecked on an island and only the kids survive.
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