Stranded
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4.3 • 254 Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
A New York Times Bestseller • From the Emmy-Award winning host of Survivor, Jeff Probst, with Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life co-author, Chris Tebbetts, comes an adventure series where a family vacation becomes a game of survival!
It was supposed to be a vacation--and a chance to get to know each other better. But when a massive storm sets in without warning, four kids are shipwrecked alone on a rocky jungle island in the middle of the South Pacific. No adults. No instructions. Nobody to rely on but themselves. Can they make it home alive?
A week ago, the biggest challenge Vanessa, Buzz, Carter, and Jane had was learning to live as a new blended family. Now the four siblings must find a way to work as a team if they're going to make it off the island. They're all in this adventure together--but first they've got to learn to survive one another.
As seen on The Today Show, Rachael Ray, and Kelly and Michael.
Books in the original Stranded series:
Stranded (Book 1)
Trial By Fire (Book 2)
Survivors (Book 3)
Books in the Stranded, Shadow Island series
Forbidden Passage (Book 4)
Sabotage (Book 5)
Desperate Measures (Book 6)
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When a five-day boat expedition off Hawaii hits an unexpected storm, new stepsiblings Vanessa (13), eleven-year-olds Buzz and Carter, and Jane (9) struggle to stay on course. When they are forced to abandon ship, the kids' uncle and the boat's first mate get aboard the life raft, but the boat is torn away with the four children still inside. They end up stranded on an uncharted island and have to learn to work together. The narration shifts between the perspectives of each of the kids as the true nature of their circumstances become clear and tasks like finding water turn into a struggle for survival. Each character brings a different strength to the table; some are obvious like Carter's knowledge of the outdoors, while others, like the tips couch potato Buzz has gleaned from reality TV (a nod to Survivor, the show hosted by Probst), are revealed with more subtlety. Little distinguishes the voice of one character from another, but the high stakes and novel environment should ensure rapid page-turning. A sequel, Trial by Fire, is due in June. Ages 8 up.
Customer Reviews
Uninspected end but..... GREAT!!
This was a GREAT book but I was reading it and suddenly it just stopped? I was looking in the book to check if it was the end and.....I WAS😢😢😢I really liked it tho it was interesting and had this massive adventure and had me hooked all day👌👌👌
Great book, but feel cheated
Great book but the story was left completely unfinished, so have to pay more for next book. I feel cheated because the first book just stopped in the middle no where near a natural stopping point. Seems like the author got greedy and did it just to get more money out of his readers. Would have given 5 stars otherwise.
Stranded
Good book the crash isn't boring and the way they have to survive is cool love the book and the others(I've read every single one) if u like this you'll like the shadow islands