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Stranded on an island
One that I read years ago is To The Wild Sky by Ivan Southall. It's probably a little hard to find now, but it fits your request for teens stranded on an island. Sorry I can't hyperlink to it on my iPod.
Hatchet by Gary PaulsenOn the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves (woman plus teenager)
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
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Andria wrote: "Oh my, Kagama, do I ever remember that one! Both the movie and the book, which I kept furtively hidden between the covers of my Trapper Keeper. Hehehe.""What are you reading?"
"Homework!"
Yeah I had books like that too.lol
I watched the movie recently-ish and despite being an adult had to pause every once in a while and blush. I mean I have seen worse (sex-wise)...only this was a bit awkward and embarrassing to watch.
WOW guys! I never knew I'd get such a lot of replies in just three hours! I thought it would take months! Anyway thank you SOOOOOO much readers! No Kagama I don't watch movies but I'll surely read the books you all have posted here. So active you all are. I'll surely keep in touch with this group.
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Here's a few more for you to look into:
The Island Keeper
Wild Man Island
Heart of a Samurai
Kensuke's Kingdom
Dr. Franklin's Island
Which Shipwreck? There is the three book series by Gordon Korman and there are several others.
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I saw the movie again not too long ago, and for me the most awkward thing was how YOUNG the actors seemed, when they had seemed sooooo grown-up to me the first time I saw it. eep.
@Laura I was talking about Enid Blyton's Shipwrecked! . Thanks, I'll check out the blurb of Gordon's book.@Andria thanks loads! You must be a librarian, and if you're not, you should be one!
Two on an Island by Bianca Bradbury almost fits--kids are 12 and 9.
Island Boxset Here's a link to the shipwreck series by Gordon Korman.Static is the first in a series
Far North is a bit off of the deserted island theme, but they're stranded in the far north and I enjoyed it a fair bit.
Adrift in the Pacific: Two Years Holiday : A group of boys find themselves adrift at sea, and after a terrible storm they are cast upon a deserted island, where they must learn to get along together to survive.
I just happened to read Baby Island - a little silly, but ok.I could come up with more (and better) if you don't mind adults having a little background influence.
The Devil's Gameerr. It has to be teens?
Here's a few movie titles which (nearly) match and may have source novels:
The Savage is Loose
The Dove
Walkabout (not an island, but a desert)
Four Against the Wilderness: The True Story of a Father & His Three Teenage Children Shipwrecked Off the Coast of Alaska in Winter by Elmo Wortman.
The black stallion is a good one. (About a boy and a stallion on a deserted island)
Someone else has already mentioned it but I too recommend Island of the Blue Dolphins. It's a wonderful book.
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Theodore Taylors the cay is pretty good
I saw some one mentioned my favorite Island of the boy dolphins it has a sequal zia or zoya i forget which
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Kitten wrote: "I saw some one mentioned my favorite Island of the boy dolphins it has a sequal zia or zoya i forget which"The book Kitten is talking about: Zia.
Someone already mentioned The Black Stallion, that's a good one, about a shipwrecked boy and an arab horse; he survives by remembering things he's read about survival, and manages to tame the horse and keep it alive as well. But a really great recent one I haven't seen mentioned yet is Terry Pratchett's Nation. That's a must-read. A young man returns home from his boy-becoming-man vigil to find the entire population of his island wiped out by a tsumami, and a shipwrecked bunch of "trouser-men", including a teenage girl. It's set in an alternate history version of our world in a Victorian-type era, and is in part about how he and the girl manage to assemble some survivors and deal with a rather nasty bunch from her ship's crew - but it's a lot more complicated than that, a very philosophical book as well as a great adventure story.
I recommend The Cay by Theodore Taylor.
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, that someone mentioned above, is that technically an island? I didn't recall it as such...?Stranded on an island.
I enjoy reading survival children's/YA fiction.
Others you may like (some may have already been mentioned, and I'm including both teens and those younger, and a few animals):
The sequel to The Cay. Timothy of the Cay
by Theodore Taylor.
Abel's Island by William Steig (it's a mouse, but still a good survival story).
Gordon Korman's Island series, all three are excellent: 1. Shipwreck. 2. Survival. 3. Escape.
Baby Island by Carol Ryrie Brink.
The Island by Gary Paulsen.
Tree Castle Island by Jean Craighead George.
The Adventurous Four by Enid Blyton.
Sweet Friday Island by Theodore Taylor.
The Castaway by Arthur J. Roth.
Two on an Island by Bianca Bradbury (it counts enough to me, two children and their dog get stranded on an island, good story).
Danny Dunn on a Desert Island by Jay Williams.
Magpie Island by Colin Thiele (despite that this is about a white-backed magpie bird, it is also a good survival story that is often overlooked).
Shipwrecked on Mystery Island by Roy Wandelmaier (similar to the choose your own adventure type story).
Nightmare Island by Ron Roy.
Shipwreck Bay by Marian Rumsey.
Stranded by Matt Christopher.
Adrift!Be Nice
The Cay
Stranded
Shipwreck
Shipwreck Island
Dangerous Island
Surviving Bear Island
The Lost Island of Tamarind
Teens:Kiss Me, Creep
Lost at Sea
Adults:
Sand Dollar
Desire in the Sun
The Swiss Family Robinson
Robinson Crusoe
The Great Wide Sea is one I enjoyed - two brothers and their father are stranded, main focus is the teen brother.Technically Minecraft: The Island, though I would recommend it to those who are fairly familiar with Minecraft.
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Echoes
Stranded
Lost Girls
Beautiful Wild
When Eagles Fall
Darwin's Dragons
Isle of the Sea Horse
The Forbidden Island
Worst Class Trip Ever
Mixed-Muddly Island
A Map for Wrecked Girls
The Emperor of Any Place
Baby-sitters' Island Adventure
Are You Going to Kiss Me Now?
This is a YA mystery book, but it is really good, Ten. It's also a quick read, I recommend this to everyone (more commonly people wanting to get into reading).
What's the Name of That Book???
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I want to know the titles of all the books wherein teens get stranded on an island. Such books are fun to read. I have read Treasure Island, "Shipwrecked!" and "Stranded" by Enid Blyton long ago, so please don't include them! Thanks in advance! :D