Shipwreck (Island Trilogy, Book 1)

Name: Shipwreck (Island Trilogy, Book 1)
Brand: Scholastic Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Gordon Korman
ISBN: 9780545047579

Author: Gordon Korman

Series: Island Trilogy (Korman)

Narrator: Holter Graham

Unabridged: 2 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books

Published: 02/01/2007

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories, Children's Suspense, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

An action-packed survival suspense from bestselling and award-winning author Gordon Korman.Six kids. One shipwreck. One desert island.They didn't want to be on the boat in the first place. They were sent there as punishment, or as a character-building experience. Now the adults are gone, and the quest for survival has begun.

About Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman published his first book at age fourteen and since then has written more than one hundred middle grade and teen novels. Favorites include the New York Times bestselling Ungifted, Supergifted, The Superteacher Project, The Unteachables, Pop, Notorious, Unplugged, Operation Do-Over, Slugfest, and the Masterminds series. Gordon lives with his family on Long Island, New York. You can visit him online at gordonkorman.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate on November 01, 2024

Part 1 of a Middle-Grade, three-part, serialized, survivalist novel from 2001, which is frequently, nonsensically and melodramatically poorly motivated Six teenagers, ranging in age from 13 to 16, Luke, Ian Charla, Will, Lyssa, and J.J, are condemned by their parents (ranging in motivation for their......more

Goodreads review by Leah on May 20, 2021

Good book for elementary school kids. Bunch of misfit trouble makers get sent on a ship to smarten up lol because their parents have had enough of their bad behavior. The dialogue was interesting between the kids. How they become better people is interesting. Learn teamwork and gain respect for auth......more

Goodreads review by Elle on April 14, 2017

Frankly, these series deserve four stars just for being so addictive. Gordon Korman really does know how to build suspense and tension in his books. This series isn't anything particularly new, but the way it's told makes it so much better. This series also manages to get in some decent character wo......more

Goodreads review by Allyson on September 26, 2022

A short yet intense read of adventure and comradeship. Slight language.......more

Goodreads review by Chantal on February 05, 2022

An okay adventure story about some shipwrecked kids. The writer was pushing for great grammar and words which put me off at the start. Still not a bad read for the weekend and kids.......more