YAL Book Presentation: The Raft by S. A. Bodeen by Ali Tomlin

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More Great Books by S. A. Bodeen

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Her Only Resources:

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A Coastal Commander Raft
Flashlight with batteries
Day and Night Flares (4 Total)
Survival At Sea Card
Patch Kit
A Sponge
Seasick tablets
A mirror
Small First Aid Kit
A Water Bailer

Number of Days at Sea: 7

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G-1 Supply Plane

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Characters:

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Robie
AJ
Larry
Max

Maximum Loading Weight: 3,800

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Her Only Sources of Food for 12 Days:

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A handful of skittles
A fish she caught from a bait ball (Also when she experienced her first shark encounter)

Time:

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Modern Day
The Present

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Midway Atoll Island

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Her parents were research biologists on historic Midway Island located Northwest of Hawaii
Commonly studied Albatross birds

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Her Only Source of Water:

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About the Main Character:

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Robie is your typical fifteen year old rebellious teenager who thinks she's perfectly fine on her own. While visiting her Aunt AJ in Hawaii she's disappointed to find out her trip might be cut short when her Aunt is forced to leave on a last minute business trip. After much debate Robie convinces her Aunt to let her stay. However, the dangers of the city are revealed when a man grabs her by the hair the next night as she's walking back to AJ's apartment. Scared to stay in the city alone she decides to take a G-1 supply plane back to Midway. She's made the trip hundreds of times on the supply plane but there's something different about this trip; something wasn't right.

Setting:

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Honolulu, Hawaii
Pacific Ocean

Number of Times it Rained: 4

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The Only Thing That Kept Her "Sane"

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Starbuck

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Monster

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Several encounters with Tiger Sharks.

Endangered Monk Seals

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According to Robie there are only 1,300 left in the wild.
She is forced to kill an injured seal that washes up on the beach only to discover the she had a young pup.

Conflict:

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Man vs. Nature
Survival
External and Internal

Lisianski Island:

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Timeline:

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Visits her Aunt ---Gets on the supply plane---The plane crashes---Stranded at sea for 7 days---Drifts to Lisianski Island---Stranded on Lisianski Island---????

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Truman Readers Award Nominee 2014-2015
Truman Readers Award Winner 2014-2015