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Language
English
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Left alone by her Indian tribe when they decide to sail to the east, Karana, a young Indian girl, lives on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, where she spends eighteen years, surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance. Year after year she waits for the ship to return but it never does. Finally she realizes she must make a fateful choice: follow her people on her own or remain alone fo rthe rest of her life....
63) The wild robot
Series
Wild robot volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is all alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a violent storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal inhabitants. As Roz slowly befriends the animals, the...
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When her idyllic life on Rainbow Island is destroyed by the dragon, Obsidigon, Yu-Ning must embark on a dangerous journey, guided by her master teacher, Metatron, in hopes of overcoming the darkness attacking her home and also the scars of sadness marking her own heart.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 38
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When the magic tree house returns it whisks Jack and Annie away to the Galapagos Islands where they become World Turtle Experts and must save a tortoise in danger of an erupting volcano"--
70) The storm thief
Author
Language
English
Description
With the help of a golem, two teenaged thieves try to survive on the city island of Orokos, where unpredictable probability storms continually change both the landscape and the inhabitants.
71) The darkdeep
Author
Series
Darkdeep volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Middle-schoolers Nico, Tyler, Ella, and Opal discover a hidden island in a forbidden cove that appears uninhabited, but something ancient has awakened knowing their wishes, dreams, and darkest secrets.--
Author
Series
Never Land volume 1
Publisher
Disney Editions/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
�2006
Language
English
Description
When Surf the mermaid is captured by the evil Captain Crookshank and his crew, her friends enlist James, one of the Lost Boys, to help rescue her.
73) Captain Cat
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Loving cats so much that he has more feline than human companions on his ship, Captain Cat arrives on an island overrun by rats that his feline charges rapidly trounce, a triumph that results in an offer that requires a difficult decision.
74) Girls don't fly
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Myra, a high school senior, will do almost anything to win a contest and earn money for a study trip to the Galapagos Islands, which would mean getting away from her demanding family life in Utah and ex-boyfriend Erik, but Erik is set on winning the same contest.
Author
Series
Adventure series (Enid Blyton) volume 4
Publisher
Macmillan Children's
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Marooned far from the mainland on a deserted coast, Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann and Jack find themselves playing a dangerous game with an unknown enemy. Will they escape with Bill, and their lives?
Author
Series
Spirit hunters volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Harper Raine faces new challenges ahead when her parents take the whole family to a remote tropical island for vacation. As Harper starts to have visions of the resort's history of disappearances and discovers more about the island's dark and fabled past, she must use her newly acquired spirit hunting talents to save everyone on the island from murderous spirits on the attack.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Chimps George and Jess want to hang out and share banana milkshakes and coconut cake. But there's just one problem--hungry sharks live in the water between the chimps' islands! Will the new friends figure out a way to get together?
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In the ancient South Pacific world of Oceania, Moana, a born navigator, sets sail in search of a fabled island. During her incredible journey, she teams up with her hero, the legendary demi-god Maui, to traverse the open ocean on an action-packed voyage. They encounter enormous sea creatures, breathtaking underworlds, and ancient folklore.
79) The Sea Pony
Author
Series
Piper Green and the fairy tree volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf/Yearling
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
On an island off the coast of Maine, where children ride lobster boats to school, Piper wants a horse but finds, instead, another object hidden in the red maple tree.
80) Turtle Island
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A giant turtle's loneliness ends when a boatload of animals is shipwrecked and makes a temporary home on his shell. But when they decide to sail for home, will the turtle be alone once more?