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1) The tempest
Author
Language
English
Description
A storm strikes a ship carrying Alonso, Ferdinand, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, Stephano, and Trinculo, who are on their way to Italy after coming from the wedding of Alonso's daughter, Claribel, to the prince of Tunis in Africa. The royal party and the other mariners, with the exception of the unflappable Boatswain, begin to fear for their lives. Lightning cracks, and the mariners cry that the ship has been hit. Everyone prepares to sink.
Author
Language
English
Description
Gully Foyle, Mechanic's Mate 3rd Class, is the only survivor on his drifting, wrecked spaceship. When another space vessel, the Vorga, ignores his distress flares and sails by, Foyle becomes a man obsessed with revenge. He endures 170 days alone in deep space before finding refuge on the Sargasso Asteroid and then returning to Earth to track down the crew and owners of the Vorga. But, as he works out his murderous grudge, Foyle also uncovers a secret...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Two very different people, one very small island. For Sophie Ducel, her honeymoon in French Polynesia was intended as a celebration of life. The proud owner of a thriving Parisian architecture firm, co-founded with her brilliant new husband, Sophie had much to look forward to--including a visit to the island home of her favorite singer, Jacques Brel. For Barry Bleecker, the same trip was meant to mark a new beginning. Turning away from his dreary...
6) Cast away
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2001
Language
English
Description
Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph. D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny island with nothing but some flotsam and jetsam from the aircraft's cargo. Can he survive in this tropical wasteland? Will he ever return to woman he loves?
8) The castaway
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
©2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
During a family vacation, Hubie the mouse falls out of a dirigible and is stranded on a tropical island, where a very inventive fellow castaway, Leo, helps him overcome his fears.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Ember Taffee had always lived with her mother and sister in the little cottage by the sea. Her father had once lived there too, but the deep had claimed his life long ago. Still, her existence was a happy one, and Ember found joy, imagination, and respite in the sea and the trinkets it would leave for her on the sand. Each morning Ember would wander the shore searching for treasures left by the tides. Though she cherished each pretty shell she found,...
13) The red turtle
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of William Golding's novel about a group of English boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island when the plane that is evacuating them from a war-threatened England crashlands. Without adult control, the boys regress to savagery.
17) Isle of Swords
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
A young man awakens on an island, alone and seriously injured, with no memory, and as he searches for his identity he finds himself caught between two notorious pirates battling for a legendary treasure reportedly hidden by monks.
18) Calypso
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006], c1999
Language
Español
Description
Calypso es una pintoresca isla del Caribe, Bendecida por su tranquilidad y hermosos paisajes. Allí viven las hermanas Margarita, que resaltan por su inigualable belleza, la más jóven llamada "La Bella" y la mayor "La Grande". A pesar de su gran atractivo, las dos hermanas tienen sus corazones rotos. El prometido de la mayor murió trágicamente en el mar, y el novio de la menor se va de la isla para siempre.
The gorgeous Margarita sisters fall...
19) Robinson Crusoe
Author
Publisher
Campfire, Kalyani Navyug Media
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Retells in graphic novel format Defoe's story about an Englishman who becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island.
20) Red's planet
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Red, a quirky, headstrong 10-year-old, longs to live in her own perfect paradise far away from her annoying foster family. But when a UFO mistakenly kidnaps her, Red finds herself farther away than she could have possibly imagined-- across the galaxy and aboard an enormous spaceship owned by the Aquilari, an ancient creature with a taste for rare and unusual treasures. Before Red can be discovered as a stowaway, the great ship crashes on a small deserted...
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