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Contemporary fiction. 'I walk'd about on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapt up in the contemplation of my deliverance . . . reflecting upon all my comrades that were drown'd, and that there should not be one soul sav'd but my self . . . ' Who has not dreamed of life on an exotic isle, far away from civilization? Here is the novel which has inspired countless imitations by lesser writers, none of which equal the...
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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.
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English
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"All that Nathaniel Boyd wants is to be left alone on his Cape Cod salt marsh. His hopes of marriage with Meredith Butler died years ago, not long after the accidental death of his youngest brother Jacob. When their father asks the brothers to sail a schooner down from Boston to Yarmouth Port harbor, an unexpected passenger causes chaos for all the Boyds. Into this unsettled atmosphere their father dies, further churning the world as they know it....
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English
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"Laura Callaway daily walks the windswept Cornwall coast, known for many shipwrecks but few survivors. And when a man with curious wounds and an odd accent is washed ashore, she cares for him while the mystery surrounding him grows. Can their budding attraction survive, and can he be returned to his rightful home when danger pursues them from every side?"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Red's planet volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
191 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
After crash landing on a distant planet, a ten-year-old redheaded orphan finds herself in a new home surrounded by a host of odd and intriguing friends who must band together when Uskog space pirates return, searching for a mysterious stolen treasure.
12) The castaway
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
During a family vacation, Hubie the mouse falls out of a dirigible and is stranded on a tropical island, where a very inventive fellow castaway, Leo, helps him overcome his fears.
13) Castaway cats
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen felines find themselves marooned on an island and are not sure what to do.
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Series
Language
English
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"William Golding's unforgettable classic of boyhood adventure and the savagery of humanity comes to this Classics Deluxe Edition with a new foreword by Lois Lowry. 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...
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Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
2003, c2002
Physical Desc
245 p. ; 18 cm.
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.
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Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 33 cm.
Language
English
Description
Babar, his family, and the Old Lady are shipwrecked on what seems to be a desert island, but soon they have made a new friend who calms their fears and introduces them to his pleasant way of life.
18) I know my name
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Grand Central Publishing edition.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Appearing on the shores of a small Greek island with no memory of who she is or how she became shipwrecked, a woman discovers from her caregivers that she is the object of a dark mystery, while in a London suburb, a frantic husband searches for his missing wife.
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Series
Publisher
Printers Row Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
351 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1659, after becoming the sole survivor of a shipwreck, Englishman Robinson Crusoe lives on a deserted island for more than twenty-eight years.
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Publisher
Gloria Mundi
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
379 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A message in a bottle relays an urgent plea from the long-missing Captain Grant. His ship, the Britannia, has sunk. He is alive but is being held hostage. Captain Grant's children, Mary and Robert, along with their friend and benefactor Lord Glenervan launch a rescue expedition. But where do they begin their search? The original SOS message written in three languages is partially destroyed by sea water. The remaining fragments can be interpreted several...
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