Shipwreck (Island Trilogy, Book 1)

by Gordon Korman

Overview

An action-packed survival suspense from bestselling and award-winning author Gordon Korman.

Six kids. One shipwreck. One desert island.They didn't want to be on the boat in the first place. They were sent there as punishment, or as a character-building experience. Now the adults are gone, and the quest for survival has begun.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545630740
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	06/25/2013
Series:	Gordon Korman's Island Series , #1
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	548,930
Lexile:	610L (what's this?)
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Gordon Korman is the beloved author of over one hundred novels for young readers, including hilarious middle-grade classics such as the Macdonald Hall series, I Want to Go Home, and Slacker. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Gordon grew up in Thornhill, Ontario, and now lives in New York with his family. Visit him online at www.gordonkorman.com.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 5-7
Six young teens with discipline problems are sent on a sea journey sponsored by a group called Charting a New Course, an organization designed to help troubled youths straighten out their lives. With only the captain and first mate to guide them, the teens work as the crew of the sailboat. When a terrible storm hits, the captain is lost at sea and the first mate abandons the kids once he realizes the ship is slowly sinking. The teens must work together to survive the storm and a shipwreck in the first book (Scholastic, pap. 2001) in Gordon Korman's trilogy. Holter Graham's suspenseful narration successfully portrays the tension between the characters and keeps the action moving. Listeners will want to read the next two books in this hi-lo series
—Karen T. BiltonCopyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

Praise for the Island trilogy:

"Exciting." —The Toronto Sun

"A hint of menace permeates Shipwreck, along with humor, angst, and mystery. Readers won't want to miss the continuation of the riveting saga in books 2 and 3." —Amazon.com

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