castaways

After foiling a terrorist hijacking aboard their airplane, fourteen-year-old Jimmy, his younger sister, and two skateboarding friends crash-land the plane and try to survive in a forest wilderness until help arrives.

Feeling abandoned by her deceased Arapaho mother and her explorer father, Adaline Falling Star runs away from the prejudiced cousins with whom she is staying and comes close to death in the wilderness, with only a mongrel dog for company.

While backpacking in the desert, thirteen-year-old Mark falls into a tube of blue light and is transported into a more primitive world, where he must use his knowledge and skills to survive.

When Michael is swept off his family's yacht, he washes up on a desert island, where he struggles to survive--until he finds he is not alone.

A young middle school girl gets stranded on a deserted island with her classmates, the school priss and her latest crush, and they have to plan a way to get back to safety.

In the early 1990s, a boy with a mysterious past and the woman who cares for him endure a five-year journey across the war-torn Caucasus and Europe, weathering hardships and welcoming unforgettable encounters with other refugees searching for a better life.

Presents the text of Shakespeare's play which focuses on Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, who is exiled on a remote island with his daughter, Miranda. Includes notes and criticism on the play, and a general discussion of Shakespeare's life.

Presents William Shakespeare's comedy "The Winter's Tale" along with study tools including explanatory notes, character sketches, a plot synopsis, scene summaries, background on Shakespeare's life and times, comprehension questions, activities, and essay and project ideas.

A magical, darkly humorous play focusing on Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan and his control of natural forces, who is exiled on a remote island with his daughter Miranda who falls in love with Ferdinand, the prince of Naples, who is shipwrecked on their island.

A graphic novel version of Daniel Defoe's classic tale, in which an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives nearly thirty years on a desert island before being rescued.