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The Raft

S. A. Bodeen

Nominee:Alabama Camellia Award -Grades 6-8 (2014)
Nominee:Iowa Teen Award -Young Adult (2015)

The Raft is a thrilling novel of survival from award-winning author S.A. Bodeen.

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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Square Fish
  • Publish Date: May 28th, 2013
  • Pages: 256
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.20in - 5.50in - 0.70in - 0.50lb
  • EAN: 9781250027399
  • Recommended age: 12-18
  • Categories: Action & Adventure - Survival StoriesThrillers & Suspense - GeneralClassics

About the Author

Bodeen, S. A.: - S. A. Bodeen is the author of The Garden and The Compound, which earned her an ALA Quick Pick for Young Adults, a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, and a Publishers Weekly "Flying Start." She is also the author of several picture books, including Elizabeti's Doll, winner of the Ezra Jack Keats Award. Bodeen grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. Her first friends were cows, which she named after characters in books. From there she went on to be a Peace Corps volunteer in East Africa, and has lived in seven states, as well as a remote Pacific island. She adores books and is a big fan of cheese. She lives in Oregon.

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Praise for this book

"...readers who pass this novel around will have lots of fun debating exactly what saves her [Robie] in the end." --BCCB

"This book will satisfy anyone who likes a good survival story." --School Library Journal

"A compelling survival adventure." --Kirkus

"...an old-fashioned adventure story." --Horn Book