Island

By: Gordon Korman

          Luke, J.J, Will, Lyssa, Chalra, and Ian are set out to sea to fix their troubled backgrounds. The C.N.C is the program that’s sponsoring the trip, with a very nice Captain, and a not so nice First Mate. On this boat the kids there are trying to be taught responsibility, which means working day in and day out on raising and lowering sails. Two days go by without any trouble until, that night…

          The waves were thirty-footers, too big for the boat to handle. Everybody is taking cover when, a sail goes up. The boat tips, the Captain gets lost at sea, and the kids are left with the rotten First Mate. The next day, the boat is filled with water and things get worse. During the night the First Mate leaves, making six kids left out on sea in a sinking boat… alone.

          The kids try to get the boat engine to run but in a turn of events, the boat explodes causing the kids to be in the open sea with nothing but some wood to hold onto. Will they ever find land, or will they even live? Read it and you’ll find out.