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Author: S.A. Bodeen
Genre: Realistic Fiction, Survival Fiction, Action/Adventure
Publisher: Feiwel Friends
Date: August 21, 2012
Length: 231 pages
I ordered this book out for my school library
Robie is an experienced traveler. She's taken the flight from Honolulu to the Midway Atoll, a group of Pacific islands where her parents live, many times. When she has to get to Midway in a hurry after a visit with her aunt in Hawaii, she gets on the next cargo flight at the last minute. She knows the pilot, but on this flight, there's a new co-pilot named Max. All systems are go until a storm hits during the flight. The only passenger, Robie doesn't panic until the engine suddenly cuts out and Max shouts at her to put on a life jacket. They are over miles of Pacific Ocean. She sees Max struggle with a raft.
And then . . . she's in the water. Fighting for her life. Max pulls her onto the raft, and that's when the real terror begins. They have no water. Their only food is a bag of Skittles. There are sharks. There is an island. But there's no sign of help on the way.
Description from Goodreads
The challenge: demand for action adventure stories has increased BUT the stories cannot have any fantasy elements. At. All. Not everybody enjoys fantasy and I have a large group of reluctant readers who enjoy realistic adventure but need something faster paced to keep their interest. Do you know how hard it is to find an action/adventure book for the MG/YA crowd that does not have zombies, gods, or sorcerers? It's hard. The Raft is an older book but has remained a popular library pick since 2012.
