Shes done it many times before, and its not unusual for her to be the only passenger. Bodeen s first novel, the compound, earned her a flying start from publishers weekly and was chosen by yalsa as a quick pick for reluctant readers. Bodeen is the author of the garden and the compound, which earned her an ala quick pick for young adults, a bank street best childrens book of the year, and a publishers weekly flying start. Benedict cumberbatch reads sherlock holmes rediscovered railway stories audiobook. This video is my audiobook creation of the raft by s.
Jimmy and the raft adventure audiobook by jupiter kids. Written by jupiter kids, audiobook narrated by eileen rizzoeye hear voices. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Raised on a dairy farm in wisconsin, she was a peace corps volunteer in tanzania, an experience which inspired her to write elizabetis doll, her first award. She lives with her parents on midway atoll in the hawaiian islands. The striped chest by sir arthur conan doyle, a tale of the high seas 1897 duration. She is also the author of the shipwreck island series for middle grade readers. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 256 pages and is available in hardcover format. Bodeen ch 55epilogue for school use grades 8 and up. The mystery of balboa island is solved raft chapter 1 ending duration.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Bodeen paula perez 1st period i choose this movie trailer to present, is to give the image of how the characters and events look like. But on this particular flight, things do not go as planned. Listen to shipwreck island, books 12 audiobook by s. The raft is a finalist for the 201415 sunshine state young readers award. The raft is a thrilling novel of survival from awardwinning author s. Bodeen, i want her to know that the raft was an amazing book. We do not collect or store information about visitors of our site.
As a survival tale, this is both engaging and full of scary factoids and frightening possibilities. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. When teenager robie needs to get a quick flight from honolulu to her home island of midway, she jumps aboard the next cargo plane. So, naturally, long flights in very small planes are just par for the course. The harrowing story of a teen girl who is the sole survivor of a plane crash, and ends up stranded in the middle of the ocean. Free sleep tracks a good nights sleep is essential for keeping our minds and bodies strong. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of a yellow raft in blue water and what it means.
Read more read less explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. The main characters of this young adult, science fiction story are. The raft is told in the first person by robie mitchell. The last time i read a novel about a character being deserted and left to survive by themselves, i was left majorly disappointed and slightly annoyed but im glad that the raft finished and left me in a fairly positive mood. Free download or read online the compound pdf epub book.
Shes taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands w. Bodeen i have gotta admit that i was a bit hesitant. Page 145 shading my good eye, i looked out into the water. The raft that becomes her support contains some useful items, but with the only other survivor almost comatose, it is clear that robie is pretty much on her own. Shes taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands where her parents live, many times. Her perspective differs from the average american teenager in that she lives on the midway atoll, a remote area of the pacific ocean, and she is surrounded by adults. The raft is less logically sound than the detour, a later ya horror novel by s. In chapter 1 we met our main character, robie, a 15yearold who is visiting her auntie, jillian, in honolulu. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. The raft is a finalist for the 201415 connecticut nutmeg award.
It was there and then it was gone, and there was nothing left in our big, wet, darkening world but the three of us and a piece of rubber that was not yet a raft. The raft is a finalist for the 201415 truman award in missouri. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Robbies lastminute flight to the midway atoll proves to be a nightmare when the plane goes down in sharkinfested waters. Bodeen or stephanie stuvebodeen is an american childrens and young adult book author. The first book in the series, elizabetis doll, won the 1999. She has limited access to the internet and the satellite phones can be out for days. In these chapters robie was enjoying her flight when all of a sudden the plane was experiencing turbulence. She had conflict from the very beginning when a man tried to grab her. Bodeen first person first person the character tells the story in his or her own words. When a frightening experience turns fifteen yearold robies unsupervised hawaii vacation into a nightmare, she boards a plane for home on the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands.
A simple airplane trip becomes a harrowing struggle for survival in this tense offering from bodeen the gardener. This study guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the raft. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Bodeen, including the compound, the raft and many more.
The first edition of the novel was published in april 29th 2008, and was written by s. She knows the pilot, but on this flight, theres a new copilot named max. Everything, ebooks, audiobooks, periodicals, video, libraries. Theme overview plot to survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself george orwell robie. The raft summary and study guide supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. A week in the woos audiobook ch 8 to pg 63 duration. Then after a while the turbulence to the point where robie was freaking out. The raft was the type of novel that i personally believe survival. The only passenger, robie doesnt panic until the engine suddenly cuts out and max shouts at her to put on a life jacket.
She is best known for her young adult science fiction novels the compound and the gardener, and books for children and adults like the small brown dog with a wet pink nose and for her picture books s about elizabeti, a young tanzanian girl. Recorded books is the largest independent producer of audiobooks in the world. A summary of chapter 10 in michael dorriss a yellow raft in blue water. Robie grew up on midway island, out in the pacific ocean.
When i woke up, i felt better, although my left eye was. Bodeen includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 57 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expert. Then she ran away from honolulu to go back home to where she lived on the island of midway. Max pulls her onto the raft, and thats when the real terror begins. Bodeen is the author of the acclaimed ya novels the compound, the gardener, the raft, and the fallout.
As we know robie is visiting her aunt in honolulu, when robie and her auntie were eating dinner at the cheesecake factory, her aunt receives a phone call from her boss, barney, thats when her aunt said she had to leave for l. Sherlock holmes stories magpie audio recommended for you. When she has to get to midway in a hurry after a visit with her aunt in hawaii, she gets on the. Bodeen, robie mitchell is staying with her aunt on oahu, while taking a break from her life with. The sinking of the plane was like a magicians trick. 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. Instead of playing the shark horror angle to the hilt, assigning the carnivorous fish an unrealistically aggressive demeanor, the story is more subtle, focusing on other aspects of survival at sea. My favorite part of the book is when robbie freaked out on having to jump out of the plane. The central conflict is about how robie is going to survive on the raft and on the island.
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