Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The raft is a thrilling novel of survival from awardwinning author s. She lives on a tiny island with not much to do and takes refuge in visits with her aunt in honolulu. Bodeen about a girl who gets in a plane crash in the middle of the. Listen to shipwreck island, books 12 audiobook by s. The plane that took robie back to midway had turbulence problem and the plane crashed. Robie almost got robbed and she is left terrified, so she decides to. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. The last time i read a novel about a character being deserted and left to survive by themselves, i was left majorly disappointed and slightly annoyed but im glad that the raft finished and left me in a fairly positive mood. The book is realistic fiction because some of the events that are in the book can really happen. Bodeen this study guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the raft. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. The raft summary and study guide supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Bodeen point of view symbolism genre the book is told from robies point of view.
Robie is a experienced traveler but never had a trip like this. The main characters of this young adult, science fiction story are. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. She uses this twist to try and add a bit more character depth, but the results arent totally successful. My favorite part of the book is when robbie freaked out on having to jump out of the plane. My eyes were glued to the page and they didnt come off until a few minutes ago when i finished the book, and even then i wanted there to be more. They thought they were the only survivors of a nuclear attack, but when eli learned that it was all a twisted experiment orchestrated by his techvisionary father, he broke the family out. In chapter 1 we met our main character, robie, a 15yearold who is visiting her auntie, jillian, in honolulu. We do not collect or store information about visitors of our site.
Audiobook rights for the detour were sold to tantor. The raft that becomes her support contains some useful items, but with the only other survivor almost comatose, it is clear that robie is pretty much on her own. Each volume of four 30minute histories will dig into the petty namecalling and grumbling grudges that led to many of the worlds greatest advancements, all delivered with a cheeky sense of humor. Shes taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands where her parents live, many times. One day he and carl were out walking by the river and found a wooden palette. Bodeen is one of those hit or miss authors, who comes up with original and sometimes unimaginable plots and twists.
She had conflict from the very beginning when a man tried to grab her. The students love the way this book holds their attention to the final moment. This story puts a girl in a situation where she is stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean. Bodeen is the january author in the spotlight here on booksnob and so i posed a few questions about her young adult books, the compound and the fallout. Free download or read online the compound pdf epub book. Tone foreshadowing the technique of giving clues to upcoming events in a story. A bodeen, book report describe literary terms from within our book.
Apr 23, 2018 the striped chest by sir arthur conan doyle, a tale of the high seas 1897 duration. So when i saw the cover of the raft, i figured it was probably for me. One i absolutely loved and the other i really, really did not. Then she ran away from honolulu to go back home to where she lived on the island of midway. Bodeen, i want her to know that the raft was an amazing book. Raised on a dairy farm in wisconsin, she was a peace corps volunteer in tanzania, an experience which inspired her to write elizabetis doll, her first award.
But what isnt so obvious are the conflicts inside the main conflict like the fact that she has no food or that the raft has a hole in it, maybe sharks. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 256 pages and is available in hardcover format. Eli and his family lived in an underground shelter they called the compound for six years. As a survival tale, this is both engaging and full of scary factoids and frightening possibilities. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of a yellow raft in blue water and what it means. Like when the plane crashes that can really happen or when you spend days out in the. Bodeen i have gotta admit that i was a bit hesitant. This study guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the raft. Both the compound and the fallout have been optioned for film by producer grant curtis spiderman 1, 2, and 3, the great and powerful oz, etc. Bodeen and suddenly fell in love with her writing and that book. The conflict in this book is pretty obvious, shes in a plane crash and stuck in the middle of the ocean with only a raft and a few kind of useless supplies. In these chapters robie was enjoying her flight when all of a sudden the plane was experiencing turbulence. The central conflict is about how robie is going to survive on the raft and on the island.
Bodeen includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 57 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expert. She has taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands where her parents live, many times. Fifteenyearold robie is on her way home to midway island after vacationing in honolulu when the tiny cargo plane shes on develops engine problems. The raft audiobook ch 32 the raft unofficial movie trailer part 1 amazing trailer of the raft by s. The internal conflict is about robies courage and her not giving up in the of fight of survival.
The raft was the type of novel that i personally believe survival. When a frightening experience turns fifteen yearold robies unsupervised hawaii vacation into a nightmare, she boards a plane for home on the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands. Mood dialogue page 85 no longer in the raft, no longer fifteen, no longer in command of my world, i was but five. She is also the author of the shipwreck island series for middle grade readers. Follow jimmy and his friend carl on their raft adventure. The raft is emotionally wrenching from page one when the heroine is introduced. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about. It would, thought jimmy, make a wonderful rat and he said so to carl. The first edition of the novel was published in april 29th 2008, and was written by s. A summary of chapter 10 in michael dorriss a yellow raft in blue water. Excuse me jennifer im a bit confused as there is no chapter 1 and missing some chapters can you please explain. Then after a while the turbulence to the point where robie was freaking out. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the fallout. She lives with her parents on midway atoll in the hawaiian islands.
In the chaos before the flight, robies name wasnt entered in the manifest. I had some positive and negative opinions on the raft. Not only do i know ill get a good twist out of bodeen, but ive been on a dystopian kick lately and this definitely fit the bill. The airplane crashes and the main protagonist ends up having to.
Bodeen, robie mitchell is staying with her aunt on oahu, while taking a break from her life with. Sherlock holmes stories magpie audio recommended for you. And i knew i needed to read more of her books, so i decided to read the raft. Jul 28, 2015 listen to shipwreck island, books 12 audiobook by s. Yeah, well, wish in one hand, crap in the other, and see which fills up first, my dad was never one of those dads you could ask for a quarter if you saw a gumball machine. Bodeen s books, but i did love the compound and was especially excited to hear about the fallout. To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself george orwell 2. The raft is an amazing book with a lot of twists and a huge twist at the end. Raised on a dairy farm in wisconsin, she was a peace corps volunteer in tanzania, an experience which inspired her to write elizabetis doll, her first awardwinning picture book. When she has to get to midway in a hurry after a visit with her aunt in hawaii, she gets on the next cargo flight at the last minute.
Like in the raft, bodeen does a fantastic job of creating a world confined to a small space and full of uncertainty. Quiz includes 10 multiple choice questions and a higher level short answer at the end. Now i only mentioned where i read this book because the raft is about an airplane ride gone wrong. And i have to admit at times it felt like parts of the story were over immediately after they had begun. The raft is a finalist for the 201415 truman award in missouri. It seemed more like a cheat than an organic part of the story. She knows the pilot, but on this flight, theres a new copilot named max. The first book in the series, elizabetis doll, won the. But only a few pages later saying it turns out dying is to easy this already shows how shes getting and learning to be stronger. Partway through the book, bodeen throws us for a pretty major loop. She knows the pilot, but on this flight, there is a new copilot named max. Bodeen delivers yet another heartpounding ya thriller in the tomb, where kiva and seth must fight to save what remains of human civilization even as they fight their feelings for each other nothing is as it seems these are the first words kivas best friend seth says, after three years of. If youre a fan of dystopian books, or really just of really good mysteries, this is one you should definitely pick up. Shes taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll.
Bodeen is the author of the garden and the compound, which earned her an ala quick pick for young adults, a bank street best childrens book of the year, and a publishers weekly flying start. I wish i could tell you more, but i cant do that without spoiling anything. Shes taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands w. Bodeen is the author of the acclaimed ya novels the compound, the gardener, the raft, and the fallout. Eli and his family have lived in the compound for six years. My favorite plot of the book is the narrative hook, technical climax, and the falling action. Robie so much wants to be saved and not be alone, that she pretends that max is still with her and alive to tell her what to do because she doesnt know what to do in all of the different situations that happen on the raft and on the island.
Robie is a 15 year old girl, visiting her aunt in honolulu when her aunt leaves for a sudden business trip, robie is alone and to be checked on daily by a friend of her aunt. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. As we know robie is visiting her aunt in honolulu, when robie and her auntie were eating dinner at the cheesecake factory, her aunt receives a phone call from her boss, barney, thats when her aunt said she had to leave for l. She is best known for her young adult science fiction novels the compound and the gardener, and books for children and adults like the small brown dog with a wet pink nose and for her picture books s about elizabeti, a young tanzanian girl. And when i read the description, i knew it for sure. This book is about a girl whose plane crashes in the middle of the ocean. I just found out that we graduated from the same college with the same degree in secondary education. The raft was about a 15 year old girl named robie who is visiting her aunt aj in honolulu. Robbies lastminute flight to the midway atoll proves to be a nightmare when the plane goes down in sharkinfested waters. From jokes about nocturnal animals and microwaves to ben franklin and people throwing turtles, the whole family will laugh along while listening to this comedians unique perspectives. Hed always wanted to sail on a pirate ship like he read about in books. The airplane crashes and the main protagonist ends up having to survive using only a raft and max. A simple airplane trip becomes a harrowing struggle for survival in this tense offering from bodeen the gardener.
I was gobbling up the book and finished it in one sitting. The raft is a finalist for the 201415 sunshine state young readers award. Frenemies who changed the world is a riotous audio exclusive, like if monty python taught your history class. Bodeen is the author of the acclaimed ya novels the compound, the gardener, the raft. I choose this movie trailer to present, is to give the image of how the characters and events look like. Raised on a dairy farm in wisconsin, she was a peace corps volunteer. Reviews of the the raft thus far with regards to the ebook we now have the raft pdf opinions customers have never however quit the report on the action, or you cannot read it but. The striped chest by sir arthur conan doyle, a tale of the high seas 1897 duration. She is also the author of several picture books, including elizabetis doll, winner of the ezra jack keats award. French and japanese rights have sold for the detour. A bodeen is a compelling writer for middlehigh school students. Bodeen or stephanie stuvebodeen is an american childrens and young adult book author. Bodeen totally and completely captured me in the raft. Instead he had one of those black american express cards not available to general public.
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