about the book
Only a week ago, the most pressing problem facing Vanessa, Buzz, Carter, and Jane was learning how to behave as step-siblings after Carter and Jane’s mother marries Vanessa and Buzz’s father. Now?
Now their struggle is to survive alone on an island in the middle of the ocean!
Uncle Dexter took the kids out in his boat, giving their newlywed parents time to go on a honeymoon. A storm hits off the coast of Hawaii, and before the four kids can get in the life raft with Uncle Dexter, the waves sweep them apart.
With daylight, the kids find themselves washed up on a mysterious shore. Now they will have to learn how to get along not only as siblings, but as the only four people on an island. The terrain is harsh and unforgiving, and even finding water becomes a quest for survival.
about the author
You probably know him as the host of the reality TV series Survivor, but now Jeff Probst has expanded his horizons into the world of young adult books with his Stranded series.
Stranded happened when, after years of young fans asking Jeff to do a Survivor show for kids and teenagers, Jeff decided to indulge his creative side (at the advice of his wife) and write survival-based stories for his younger fans!
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Author page : Goodreads
Also by Jeff Probst:
Forbidden Passage (Stranded, Shadow Island, Book 1). Puffin Books. September 2014.
Survivors (Stranded, Book 3). Puffin Books. 2013.
Trial by Fire (Stranded, Book 2). Puffin Books. 2013.
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