Robie's parents are researchers on Midway Island, which is a small (think 2.4 miles!) island about 90 miles from Honolulu. It's beautiful there, but can be boring and lonely for a 15 year old, so Robie goes to visit her aunt in Honolulu for some city life. When her aunt is called out of town unexpectedly, she thinks she's got a week to herself, but soon realizes she might be a little young to be in the city alone. She jumps on the three-seater charter flight, the only way to get back to Midway, but a storm causes her plane to crash into the Pacific. She doesn't know the co-pilot, but he saves her, and is her only companion on the raft, although he drifts in and out of conciousness. This is a good old fashioned survival story. Robie has to find food, dodge sharks, and pray for rain. As the tension mounts, and you get closer to the end, a creative twist might make you see Robie differently, and will definitely break your heart.
I read this in one sitting. On an airplane... Really!
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