castaways

"More than anything, Amelia wants to follow in her aviator mother's footsteps and learn to fly airships. But her grieving father, Commander Erroway, has forbidden her from stepping inside a cockpit since her mother disappeared on a doomed flight. When disaster strikes and Amelia is cast adrift and alone on the flagship of Commander Erroway's fleet, she eventually crash lands in a distant country. Taken in by Fin and Huxley, two inventor brothers who live with their mother deep in the uncharted Juniper forest, Amelia is determined to fix her airship and fly home. But along the way, Amelia discovers that home is not always where the heart is, and that sometimes being lost is the first step to finding your way"--.

Presents William Shakespeare's comedy in which disguises and infatuation spark a confused love triangle after a shipwreck; and includes explanatory notes, an overview of Shakespeare's life and world, the play's source, a stage and screen history, and historic and contemporary critical essays.

Louis Zamperini tells the story of his life after his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean on May 27, 1943 and he was captured by the Japanese, discussing the torture he suffered as a prisoner of war for two years, his return home to a family that was told he was killed in action, his problems with drinking and despair, and his recovery with the help of love and faith.

"When a small plane crash ends with a group of seven teens washed up on a deserted island, their first thought is survival. With supplies dwindling and the fear of being stranded forever becoming more of a reality, they quickly discover that being the most popular kid in high school doesn't help when you're fighting to stay alive. And when strange and terrifying accidents start to occur all around them, the group realizes that they are being targeted by someone who was on the plane, and that the island isn't their only danger"--OCLC.

A sixteen-year-old girl is caught in an epic clash of civilizations when a society of undersea warriors marches out of the ocean into modern-day Coney Island.

After an earthquake destroys California and a tsunami wrecks the luxury cruise ship where he is a summer employee, high schooler Shy confronts another deadly surprise.

Based on the true story of Alexander Selkirk, who survived alone for almost five years on an uninhabited island off the coast of Chile. Verne's novel tells the story of five men and a dog who land in a balloon on a faraway, fantastic island of bewildering goings-on and their struggle to survive as they uncover the island's secret.

After her small plane crashes, nearly killing her and her pilot and leaving them stranded in the wilderness and dependent on each other for survival, a wealthy young widow begins to suspect that the crash was no accident.

Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.

Brief retelling of the story of Robinson Crusoe's shipwreck, how he built a shelter on the deserted island where he was washed ashore, and his eventual rescue.