Stranded

The ending of this one made me have a little tear in my eye......more

Stranded by Ben Mikaelsen is a young adult fiction book about a Jr. High girl who has lost her foot in an accident and finally gets accepted at school when everyone hears about her saving two whales. The story delves into her feelings about her parents separation, school, fears of what others think......more

I absolutely loved everything about this book--the plot, the setting, the characters--everything! I could not put it down once I started it. Koby is a preteen girl who has a lot on her plate: her parents just separated, she lost her leg in a car accident four years ago, and she feels like an outcast......more

Personally, I was not a fan of the book Stranded, by Ben Mikaelsen. I thought that it did have a few pretty good parts, but in the end, it was disappointing, based on his book Touching Spirit Bear, which was a great book. Stranded, I feel, didn't have enough characters to make the book more interes......more

If you want to learn about how a twelve year old girl saved two whales, you should try reading the realistic fiction book Stranded by Ben Mikaelsen. The main character Koby Easton loves to go out in her dinghy onto the ocean to escape all of her problems, like her parents arguing about her. Koby los......more