Sweet Friday Island

Name: Sweet Friday Island
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Theodore Taylor
ISBN: 9781470357252

Author: Theodore Taylor

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 4 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/22/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

Peg Toland and her father think they've found the perfect vacation spot: a beautiful, uninhabited Mexican island in the sparkling Sea of Cortez. Unfortunately, the locals who live on the coast do not agree. "That is no place to go," they tell the Tolands with alarm. They will not explain why. Peg and her father should have listened to these mysterious warnings. Shortly after they arrive on the island and set up camp, the untamed landscape and isolation turn into a terrifying and deadly trap. Someone else is on the island. Someone who slashes the Toland's inflatable boat, steals their supplies, and stalks them day and night. With her diabetic father growing weak and sick from lack of insulin, 15-year-old Peg has no choice but to hunt the stalker down-to the death, if necessary. Realistic and chilling, Sweet Friday Island is nerve-jangling adventure from Theodore Taylor, the award-winning author whose novels have thrilled millions of young people.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nick

Peg and her father love to go camping and do it regularly and full hog. Fully removed from society and just enjoying nature. When they decide to check out Sweet Friday Island, an isolated, uninhabited, hard-to-get-to island in the middle of the Sea of Cortez, they quickly realize it's maybe not as u......more

Goodreads review by Eva

Full of suspense, fast & easy read. The ending is also satisfying. I liked the two main characters: the girl is very insightful, realistically afraid yet also is forced to mature due to her circumstances. The father is an obstinate braggart, and you see his charming and caring side as well as unders......more

Goodreads review by Tammie

I was packing up my books for our move and I saw this book. I don’t remember buying it or where it came from. I sat down to read a couple pages and read it all in one sitting. Now I’m 2 hours behind in my packing, but it was a very exciting 2 hours! Loved it, gave it to my son in law the next day an......more

Goodreads review by Thomasin

A father/daughter camping trip becomes a struggle for survival when the two campers ignore locals and travel to an island they were warned not to visit. It’s not only the island living that turns deadly but the realities of living with insulin dependent diabetes that pushes them to their limits. Dee......more