S. A Bodeen
1) The compound
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
After his parents, two sisters, and he have spent six years in a vast underground compound built by his wealthy father to protect them from a nuclear holocaust, fifteen-year-old Eli, whose twin brother and grandmother were left behind, discovers that his father has perpetrated a monstrous hoax on them all.
2) The raft
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Robbie's last-minute flight to the Midway Atoll proves to be a nightmare when the plane goes down in shark-infested waters. Fighting for her life, the co-pilot Max pulls her onto the raft, and that's when the real terror begins.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Shipwreck Island, Book 1:
Sarah Robinson is deeply troubled in the wake of her dad's second marriage. She now has to deal with a new stepmom and two stepbrothers, Marco, who is her age, and Nacho, who's younger. Even though they've all moved from Texas to California to start life as a new, blended family, none of the kids seem remotely happy about it.
Sarah's dad and stepmom then decide to take the whole family on a special vacation
4) The fallout
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eli and his family are struggling to acclimate to the outside world after escaping the compound where his father imprisoned them for six years, an effort that is complicated by an intrusive media and disturbing revelations about his father's company.
5) Lost
Author
Series
Shipwreck Island volume 2
Language
English
Description
Sarah Robinson and her family are shipwrecked on a remote and mysterious island. Their food is running out, and their fear is escalating as there is no sign of rescue. The mysterious girl they found unconscious at the beach is healing, and what she tells them about the strange island and especially about someone called the Keeper has the family on edge. When Sarah's dad and Marco's younger brother go missing, the mystery becomes dangerous. Now, it's...
6) The detour
Author
Language
English
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Description
Seventeen-year-old Livvy Flynn, a bestselling author of YA fiction, is kidnapped by a woman and her apparently manic daughter who have no intention of letting her go.
Author
Series
Shipwreck Island volume 1
Language
English
Description
Sarah Robinson still can't believe her dad has remarried. Now she has to deal with a new stepmom and two stepbrothers, Marco, who is her age, and Nacho, who's younger. They've moved from Texas to California to start life as a new, blended family. But none of the kids seem happy about it. Sarah's dad and stepmom decide to take the whole family on a special vacation so they can get to know each other. They'll fly to Fiji, charter a boat, and sail for...
8) Trapped
Author
Series
Shipwreck Island volume 3
Language
English
Description
Sarah Robinson and her family are shipwrecked on a remote and mysterious island. Their food is scarce and there's no sign of rescue. They have seen strange creatures, rescued a mysterious girl, and found the Curator, who has captured Sarah's father and stepbrother to use in a bizarre time travel experiment. And then the only man who knows about the island comes back-he's looking for buried treasure and won't leave without it, even if it means leaving...
9) Found
Author
Series
Shipwreck Island volume 4
Language
English
Description
Sarah Robinson and her family are shipwrecked on a remote and mysterious island. Their food is scarce and there's no sign of rescue. They have seen strange creatures, rescued a mysterious girl, and found the Curator, who has captured Sarah's father and stepbrother to use in a bizarre time travel experiment. And then the only man who knows about their island comes back-he's looking for buried treasure, and won't leave without it, even if it means leaving...
11) Elizabeti's doll
Author
Series
Elizabeti books volume 1
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When a young Tanzanian girl gets a new baby brother, she finds a rock, which she names Eva, and makes it her baby doll.
Author
Series
Elizabeti books volume 3
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Although she enjoys her first day at school, Elizabeti misses her family and wonders if it wouldn't be better to stay home.
13) Mama Elizabeti
Author
Series
Elizabeti books volume 2
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
pages ; cm.
Language
English
Description
When her mother has a new baby, Elizabeti is given charge of her younger brother and finds it more difficult to take care him than it was to care for her rock doll.
15) The gardener
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
233 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When high school sophomore Mason finds a beautiful but catatonic girl in the nursing home where his mother works, the discovery leads him to revelations about a series of disturbing human experiments that have a connection to his own life.
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Older sister Emma tries to be patient while teaching three-year-old Isaac, who has Down syndrome, how to communicate using sign language. Includes questions and answers about sign language.