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Nim's Island
by
Wendy Orr (Goodreads Author),
Kate Reading
Nim lives on an island in the middle of the wide blue sea, shared by only her father, Jack, a marine iguana called Fred, a sea lion called Selkie, a turtle called Chica, and a satellite dish for her e-mail. No one else in the world lives quite like Nim, and she wouldn't swap places with anyone.But when Jack disappears in his sailing boat and disaster threatens her home, Ni...more
Compact Disc, 3 pages
Published
March 1st 2008
by Blackstone Audiobooks
(first published March 13th 2001)
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I read this book to my second graders and we all enjoyed it. Even the boys liked it, which was a concern when I first pulled it out and overheard comments from some of them about it being a "girl's book." I guess anything with a girl as the main character qualifies as a girl's book. The fact that she had a machete early on in the book seemed to help tremendously.
In my children's lit class a few years back, we discussed the fact that many beloved children's novels center ar...more
In my children's lit class a few years back, we discussed the fact that many beloved children's novels center ar...more
I read this book to my students. Many of them were excited about the movie. I tried to convince them that the movie we create in our heads when we read is better than the one we see when someone else creates it. They loved it!
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I would give this book a hundred stars if I could. I liked it because I am a girl who likes adventure, and it was about adventure.
A girl. An iguana. An island. And e-mail. Meet Nim–a modern-day Robinson Crusoe! She can chop down bananas with a machete, climb tall palm trees, and start a fire with a piece of glass. So she’s not afraid when her scientist dad sails off to study plankton for three days, leaving her alone on their island. Besides, it’s not as if no one’s looking after her–she’s got a sea ...moreA girl. An iguana. An island. And e-mail. Meet Nim–a modern-day Robinson Crusoe! She can chop down bananas with a mach...more
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My sister and I watched the DVD movie version of this book over Thanksgiving. It was very cute, so I read the book. The movie is better.
Book Description from Amazon.com
A girl. An iguana. An island. And e-mail. Meet Nim – a modern-day Robinson Crusoe! She can chop down bananas with a machete, climb tall palm trees, and start a fire with a piece of glass. So she’s not afraid when her scientist dad sails off to study plankton for three days, leaving her alone on their island. Besi...more
Book Description from Amazon.com
A girl. An iguana. An island. And e-mail. Meet Nim – a modern-day Robinson Crusoe! She can chop down bananas with a machete, climb tall palm trees, and start a fire with a piece of glass. So she’s not afraid when her scientist dad sails off to study plankton for three days, leaving her alone on their island. Besi...more
A fun girl's adventure, with a girl protagonist who can fend for herself in just about any situation.
Nim and her scientist father live happily on a tropical island. When her father leaves on one of his frequent scientific jaunts in his boat, Nim happily takes care of her home and pets -- until her father is delayed by mechanical problems and a storm. By email, Nim contacts an adventure writer named Alex, who flies (and boats) to Nim's island to help.
The movie that w...more
Nim and her scientist father live happily on a tropical island. When her father leaves on one of his frequent scientific jaunts in his boat, Nim happily takes care of her home and pets -- until her father is delayed by mechanical problems and a storm. By email, Nim contacts an adventure writer named Alex, who flies (and boats) to Nim's island to help.
The movie that w...more
I have a 6 year old son. Every night, we read 3 stories to him. For the last several years, one of those stories has been a chapter out of a chapter book. So far, out of the chapter books we've read, this one is our favorite. It's exciting and adventurous, managing to keep the attention of both my kiddo AND me.
Nim and her father, Jack, live alone on a beautiful, tropical island, but for the length of the book, Jack is stuck out at sea. The story is Nim's adventure on the island while ...more
Nim and her father, Jack, live alone on a beautiful, tropical island, but for the length of the book, Jack is stuck out at sea. The story is Nim's adventure on the island while ...more
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Amid a discussion on the movie, someone told me that the first line announced Nim as a homeschooled girl. Well, of course that meant that I would have to watch the movie – which, naturally, meant that I would have to read the book first! I breezed through it in a little over an hour; my seven year old daughter took a little longer. Both of came out of the novel with a smile on our face.
Nim is a girl – I don’t believe she ever actually gives her age, which was a bit annoying – who l...more
Nim is a girl – I don’t believe she ever actually gives her age, which was a bit annoying – who l...more
This is such a sweet simple book, it was a joy to read and listen to. I picked up the book on CD for a road trip I took with my mom and kids, but we got home before we finished the CDs, so I picked up the book and finished it. Nim lives on a tropical island with her dad, Jack. They are self sufficient and keep in touch with the main land through solar power and a satellite dish. Nim starts up a correspondance through email with Alex Rover a famous adventure author. When Jack goes out to se...more
Maggie wrote her first review here: http://thekoolaidmom.wordpress.com/2010/...
I enjoyed it more this time around than I did the first. I think reading it with a child helped it be more magical. Orr writes a vulnerable Nim well and the reluctant hero, Alex, quite humorously. The bit of misunderstanding between the two characters, Nim thinking Alex is a man and Alex thinking Nim is cared for by a mother and her friends Selkie and Fred are dogs, offers a chance to talk about how easy...more
I enjoyed it more this time around than I did the first. I think reading it with a child helped it be more magical. Orr writes a vulnerable Nim well and the reluctant hero, Alex, quite humorously. The bit of misunderstanding between the two characters, Nim thinking Alex is a man and Alex thinking Nim is cared for by a mother and her friends Selkie and Fred are dogs, offers a chance to talk about how easy...more
I thought this book was fun. I think Tim even liked it (he's 3) because he asked me to "put the talking back on". I think reading the book would be better in some ways than listening to it since there are emails and apparently illustrations. I would have skimmed the email intros to get to the meat of it rather than reading each line, and may have gone back to check the times to see how long it took "Alex" to respond. Other than that I think it was a cute book that would b...more
A young girl, Nim, seeks help from the author of her favorite adventure series when her scientist father goes missing. Nim, though, lives on an island in the South Pacific. The author, Alexandra Rover, is an agoraphobic living in San Francisco. Rover overcomes her fears and sets out in search of Nim while Nim tries to overcome her fear of losing her father. In the meantime, a cruise ship company threatens to invade Nim's island with uncouth tourists.
Great book, good movie. It's ador...more
Great book, good movie. It's ador...more
Nim has spent most of her life on a deserted island with her father and she loves it. She has a routine and that routine doesn't change when her father announces that he is going off to search for plankton for three days. Nim decides to stay behind and take care of things at home. She has help--her sea lion friend, Selkie; and her marine iguana friend Fred. She maintains the garden, picking what she needs to eat; she notes the scientific information that her fatherwould want to know; and she che...more
This was a book I read to my 7 year old. He and I both loved it and we read it very quickly. He loved the fact that Nim picked food from a garden to eat everyday and took care of herself. We also loved how descriptive the author was in the story. We could actuall picture Nim, Fred, Chica and Selkie playing coconut soccer! And we enjoyed Nim's problem solving skills when creating a coconut raft. This book presented some interesting topics to discuss with him also: How would you go about tes...more
Nim's Island is the story of a little girl, Nim, who lives on a beautiful, deserted island with her father, Jack. Nim's father is a scientist and he leaves Nim alone on the island for three days and three nights in search of interesting plankton. With Jack gone, it is up to Nim to take care of the garden, fish for dinner, check the beaches for anything that may have floated in from the tide, and chop down the tree branches with the ripe bananas. With her sea lion friend, Selkie, and the iguana, ...more
I took my son to see this movie and fell completely in love--so completely that I bought the book the next day. Nim and her father live alone on a deserted tropical island--alone, that is, insofar as human contact goes. They have plenty of companions of non-human type. Nim is a bright, vibrant, courageous and resourceful girl who loves reading adventure novels, but when her father is lost at sea she finds herself alone and frightened. By a twist of fate, her favorite adventure hero/writer emails...more
A fun read, with a heroine who is not only brave and resourceful, but helps a shy woman to develop her own inner resources. It is entertaining and touching in parts, especially for girls and mothers, but I think plot relies heavily on technology which may eventually date the text. Also, while it's good to see a girl who is an active hero in a story, the plot resolution really relied on underlying gender stereotypes. This bothered me particularly as it was subtle and aimed at children.
I felt that on the one hand, the author strived to make this book realistic, yet the events that happen are so far-fetched that I found it hard to believe this story could happen. It should have been more Fantasy, a la Pippi Longstocking, and then I would have been okay with the ridiculous rescue.
I HATED the ending, which almost pulled my rating to two stars. (But hey, I am generous. ;-). As another reviewer put it, the plot resolution relies on subtle gender stereotypes.
I HATED the ending, which almost pulled my rating to two stars. (But hey, I am generous. ;-). As another reviewer put it, the plot resolution relies on subtle gender stereotypes.
We listened to this book returning from vacation this year; the island atmosphere was easy to imagine as we were just returning from an island. A very enjoyable listen (only quibble with audio -- sometimes pronounced name Alex Rover and others Alex Roover.) Nim and her animal friends are charming, even if they do stretch the imagination a bit. Correspondence with a favorite author and their developing relationship was an interesting feature. Fast paced and enjoyable.
I read this one out loud to Ruth and Gareth. They would give it 5 stars. I give it 4.5 (only because it's not quite as amazing as other books I've read, but it's very close!). If you've seen the movie, know this: this book is SO MUCH better than the movie. The writing style is different/fun. The way the author describes things makes it really easy for a young imagination to understand exactly what she is trying to express. Highly Recommended!
I picked this up mostly because I knew Wendy Orr lived in Australia, and I wanted to study some Australian voices. It turned out to be the kind of book I love: the kind that opens up a whole, vivid world inside your head, with relatively few words. I kind of feel about the island like I feel about Narnia, and I'm now actively avoiding the movie so as not to spoil that feeling.
Nim's a wonderful heroine. Her favourite tool is a machete, her best friends are a sea lion and an iguana, and...more
Nim's a wonderful heroine. Her favourite tool is a machete, her best friends are a sea lion and an iguana, and...more
When I read this book, I thought to myself that this girl (Nim) is really brave and I would never have done the things she had. It makes you think that you have to have confidence in yourself and just try to have a fun adventure with whatever you are doing. You have to believe that no matter what happens you will try your best. I loved this story it was really great and inspiring!
Crisp writing, imaginative details, and a satisfying adventure that takes just enough of reality to make this story a great escape into a girl's world of adventures. The titular protagonist is a capable, sunny girl with a scientific mind -- first one I've encountered and liked in all the kid lit I've read recently. (Child lit; 120 pages)
Read this book to preview for Kyler. Interesting idea for a book but I didn't enjoy the book. About a young Robinson Crusoe type girl who lives on a tiny island in the middle of nowhere with her scientist dad. He leaves her with with pet iguana & sea lion to look after her then he is stranded and has difficulties and delays returning home to her.
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Such a good book for young girls. Sweet and simple with being overbearingly so. Reminiscent of the old-school classics. I would imagine this to be a modern day version of The Swiss Family Robinson. Quite enjoyable overall.
Again, I have no idea why this was on my to-read list. It appeared with many others at the library with my name on it, so I figure I read about it somewhere. Perhaps because the movie came out this month. I haven't seen the movie, but it's getting bad reviews, so I'll probably wait for the rental. It could be a contender for Pages & Popcorn because it's fairly short (125 pages) and easy to read.
I enjoyed the Swiss-Family-Robinson-like setting and the adventurous plot once I let go of...more
I enjoyed the Swiss-Family-Robinson-like setting and the adventurous plot once I let go of...more
I read this book to my sons, it's a cute book and we enjoyed the story. We also all really like the movie, too. But, you really can't compare the two! They are both good individually, but there are definitely A LOT of differences. The movie company definitely added a lot more drama and adventure for the big screen!
i usually like books better that movies, but i liked the movie BETTER than the book. i'm not saying that i didn't like it but it wasn't as good as i thought it would be. still it was good. i liked how nim thought the author of the the book was a boy and actually thought that SHE did do what she wrote.
A sweet, light-hearted island survival story. I think that this would be enjoyable to read with students or a family -- it's easy reading with a bit of suspense, but nothing very scary. The relationships between Nim and her animal friends were quite cute. And Nim's island would be a fun place to visit.
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