![]() ![]() Not all readers will embrace this novel's haunting, open-ended conclusion, but those who do will find much to appreciate and discuss." -Kirkus Reviews "This is one book that should be on everyone's radar. Echoing O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins, Levez's story will keep readers riveted as determined, hard-edged Frances fights to survive." -STARRED Review, Publishers Weekly "A teen struggles against both nature and her own past experiences in a reflective survival tale. ![]() Through short chapters, Levez effortlessly balances Frances's past, present, and imagined future, including vivid flashbacks of her home life and acts of retaliation against a well-meaning teacher. With a dog as her only companion, Frances faces painful memories of her family back home, including her ill mother, her half-brother, and her mother's lecherous boyfriend. ![]() When the plane crashes, Frances reaches a deserted island with few supplies, where she struggles to find food, water, and shelter among sharks and poisonous plants. "Levez's debut captures the emotional journey of 16-year-old Frances Stanton, one of a plane full of British juvenile delinquents and camp staffers headed to a skills-based intervention on an Indonesian island. ![]()
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