Wild Man Island

A 14 year old kid works his way into taking a week long sea kayaking trip with a group & then does something incredibly gutsy & stupid. He winds up surviving in the wilderness on an Alaskan island while making some really interesting observations about the land, wildlife, & archaeology. His father w......more

Wild Man Island Wild Man Island is a realistic fiction novel written by Will Hobbs that tells the story of Andy Galloway, age fourteen, who becomes lost on Admiralty Island. Andy sets off on a sea kayaking trip in southeastern Alaska, in search of his father’s final resting place. His father was an......more

In the book Wild Man Island by Will Hobbs, Andy is on a kayak trip in Alaska searching for whales. On the last day of his trip he went to visit the island were his dad died. While on that island Andy realized that he misses his dad a lot. While on that island a massive storm came and blew him on a i......more

Another fine tale (in the adolescent literature genre) from Will Hobbs. The setting is Admiralty Island off the coast of Alaska. Although an unfortunate title for the book, there is plenty of substance. A young man, wrestling with the lost of his father some years ago, explores the past and present......more

Personal Response I have to say I really enjoyed this book. In the beginning of the book, I had found the book boring. The more I read the book, the more I wanted to read it. As the story progressed, Andy had to learn how to survive on the island. Andy went on many struggles to survive. Plot In the be......more