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YA Sci-Fi. Teens in a plane crash, survive on an island(s). I think it had a mix of boys and girls and had some sci-fi elements like force fields/ energy shields. Read around 2011-2012.
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Probably isn't this (because there's no plane or islands), but it makes me think a little of Gone by Michael Grant. All the adults disappear and a dome appears round the town. There are various superpowers and groups of kids with different goals/abilities.It also sounds like Lord of the Flies by William Golding, but while it has the plane, islands, and groups of kids with different goals, there is nothing sci-fi.
Anyway, thought I'd throw it out there.
Survival, islands -- children's/YA fictionhttps://www.librarything.com/list/560...#
Survival, plane crash -- children's/YA fiction
https://www.librarything.com/list/561...#
Dr. Franklin's Islandby Ann Halam
When their plane crashes over the Pacific Ocean, three science students are left stranded on a tropical island and then imprisoned by a doctor who is performing horrifying experiments on humans involving the transfer of animal genes.
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https://books.google.com/books?id=6r8... There are different cover images including
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Kirsty wrote: "Probably isn't this (because there's no plane or islands), but it makes me think a little of Gone by Michael Grant. All the adults disappear and a dome appears round the town. There are various sup..."I know it’s been a while since I posted this thread but I haven’t forgotten about it. Just finished reading Gone and I know it wasn’t that one. Fantastic book though so thanks for the recommendation!
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Did you eliminate what was on the above lists? One of them,Stranded! by Clay Coleman
Series: Escape from Lost Island (1)
https://www.librarything.com/work/601...
Also check Gordon Korman's Island series, though that is a shipwreck.
I have not worked my way through the lists yet. I believe the kids were a mix of boys and girls but I’ll still have to read a preview of the book you mentioned before I can 100% say it was or wasn’t that one. As for what the islands were like, I remember there being a series of small-ish islands that the kids were traveling between by running I think. I don’t remember there being any boats big or small to help them get across which makes me think they were quite close together. I also remember there being some type of dense forest, lots of trees and whatnot, I don’t even know if I remember them going to a sandy beach or not. I don’t remember what they are at all.
I have not read this, but - sci-fi, 2008, starts on plane, several kids, no idea what comes next...
I don't think it's Found, no island in that, iirc.Bailey, does anything mentioned on this thread look familiar?
Stranded on an island
What's the Name of That Book???
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Found (other topics)Found (other topics)
Horizon (other topics)
The Forsaken (other topics)
Dr. Franklin's Island (other topics)
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Scott Westerfeld (other topics)Ann Halam (other topics)
It seemed like it was a recent(ish) release at the time because she had a hardcover version and we typically had mass market paperbacks for the books we read that were published earlier.
I believe the book started with the kids on the plane and then somehow transitioned to them living on this island or group of islands. I don't remember the survival aspect of the story being a huge plot point, I'm pretty sure the sci-fi stuff that was going on was more present. I remember something about force fields or energy shields or something that the kids would use but I don't remember much else beyond that. There might've been different groups of kids on the different islands that had different goals/abilities.
I'm sorry I can't remember more, I want to find the book so that I can actually finish it and find out what happens since we didn't finish it back then.