In the chaos before the flight, robies name wasnt entered in the manifest. Bodeen for a while, and finally decided that it was time. Bodeen point of view symbolism genre the book is told from robies point of view. I started to look through the book of henna tattoo samples. Like when the plane crashes that can really happen or when you spend days out in the. When she has to get to midway in a hurry after a visit with her aunt in hawaii, she gets on. Stephanie is the awardwinning author of the elizabetis doll series of picture books, as well as several others. Bodeen, robie mitchell is staying with her aunt on oahu, while taking a break from her life with her parents on midway atoll. The raft was about a 15 year old girl named robie who is visiting her aunt aj in honolulu. Robbie pushed his body out of the raft so she wouldnt sink, but because she couldnt deal with being by herself, she continued to talk to max and have him talk to her and read his therapy journal which had been in the bag max had brought aboard the raft. As a survival tale, this is both engaging and full of scary factoids and frightening possibilities. Bodeen or stephanie stuve bodeen is an american children s and young adult book author.
A simple airplane trip becomes a harrowing struggle for survival in this tense offering from bodeen the gardener. 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. I chose this book because i couldnt find a book to read so ms. At fifteen, shes a little rebellious getting her nose pierced without her parents permission and wanting more independence. The central conflict is about how robie is going to survive on the raft and on the island.
Her first picture book, elizabeti s doll written as stephanie stuve bodeen was published in 1998, followed by six other picture books. Whether it was a filling at the dentist or an endofterm physics test, finding out things that were worse helped me deal with new challenges. The main characters of this young adult, science fiction story are. I was gobbling up the book and finished it in one sitting. The raft was the type of novel that i personally believe survival. A bodeen, book report describe literary terms from within our book. Robie mitchell had been visiting her aunt in hawaii, but now she was cutting.
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. She is also the author of several picture books, including elizabetis doll, winner of the ezra jack keats award. The lead is a reaction of robbie looking a mean with a needle in his hand. Bodeen paula perez 1st period i choose this movie trailer to present, is to give the image of how the characters and events look like. Free download or read online the compound pdf epub book. When her plane crashes, robies years of living with her researcher. The raft was about a 15 year old girl named robie who is. 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. 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. Ive been in the mood for some bleak survivalend of the world as we know it reads, and i spied both of these books patiently waiting for their turn to be read on my admittedly overflowing tbr. I think the author wrote with not much of a setting because it gives the story more of a cliff hanger. Once i found out something worse, then it was easier to deal with. The book is realistic fiction because some of the events that are in the book can really happen.
The raft is a book about 15yearold robie mitchell who must stay at her aunts apartment in honolulu, hawaii, until she returns. Robie is frustrating as a protagonist and it is i admit, difficult to root for her at first. They only have a little bit of lighting fluid and she is trying to make a. Bodeen is the story of a plane crash and a desperate attempt at survival by a fifteen year old teenager. Instead of playing the shark horror angle to the hilt, assigning the carnivorous fish an unrealistically aggressive demeanor, the story is more subtle, focusing on other aspects of survival at sea. The airplane crashes and the main protagonist ends up having to survive using only a raft and max. Apr 23, 2018 the striped chest by sir arthur conan doyle, a tale of the high seas 1897 duration. The gardener by s a bodeen the gardener by s a bodeen the gardener by s a bodeen the gardener by s a bodeen author of. The conflict in this book is pretty obvious, she s in a plane crash and stuck in the middle of the ocean with only a raft and a few kind of useless supplies. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards.
I had some positive and negative opinions on the raft. Robie seizes the opportunity to be the independent girl shes always wanted to be. The raft summary and study guide supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. 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.
Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Bodeen includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 57 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expert. Bodeen point of view symbolism genre the book is told from robie s point of view. Bodeen robbie lives on the isolated island of midway. Bodeen, i want her to know that the raft was an amazing book. Great cover spolier alert this story will spur some great dialog in any class. 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. 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. The first edition of the novel was published in april 29th 2008, and was written by s. Bodeen or stephanie stuvebodeen is an american childrens and young adult book author.
Bodeen, tells the castaway story of robie, a young woman who survives an airplane crash in the pacific ocean. Her young adult novels include the awardwinning the compound and the raft, and her next ya the detour releases october 2015. My favorite part of the book is when robbie freaked out on having to jump out of the plane. Her aunts friend, who is to check on robie every day while her aunt is away, is not able to do so. She is also the author of the shipwreck island series for middle grade readers. As she returns unexpectedly from honolulu to midway on a small cargo plane, the plane hits a storm and goes down over the pacific ocean. Bodeen, acclaimed as the writer of such picture books as elizabetis doll, turns out a highwire act of a first novel, a thriller that exerts an evertighter grip on readers. Her first picture book, elizabetis doll written as stephanie stuvebodeen was published in 1998, followed by six other picture books. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Theme overview plot to survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself george orwell robie. Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month see which new books our editors chose as this months favorites for kids of all ages.
When her plane crashes, robie s years of living with her researcher parents on midway island provide her with important knowledge. When her plane crashes, robies years of living with her researcher parents on midway island provide her with important knowledge. Bodeen totally and completely captured me in the raft. The crash occurs as she attempts to return from a trip to visit her aunt in honolulu.
She had conflict from the very beginning when a man tried to grab her. For martine vokt the truth is rarely pure and never simple. Shes taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands where her parents live. Also it makes people want to keep reading when they. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 256 pages and is available in hardcover format. She has taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands where her parents live, many times. Shes taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands where her parents live, many times. My favorite plot of the book is the narrative hook, technical climax, and the falling action. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. 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. Bodeen i have gotta admit that i was a bit hesitant. Bodeen, including the compound, and the raft, and more on. Echoes of time v2 by kevin macleod is licensed under a creative commons attribution license.
My favorite scene is when the characters finally get to land but it is an abandoned island that no one lives on, and robie finds multiple cigarette lighters. The raft is less logically sound than the detour, a later ya horror novel by s. Bodeen, the awardwinning the compound, came out from feiwel and friends in. The compound is a 2009 bank street best childrens book of the year. About half way through the book she finds a island and the setting changes from the raft to a sand beach. Borrowed robie, 15, lives with her family on the midway atoll, a group of islands in the middle of the pacific. Bodeen is the author of the acclaimed ya novels the compound, the gardener, the raft, and the fallout. Eli, the 15yearold son of a billionaire technopreneur.
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. 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. Sherlock holmes stories magpie audio recommended for you. The raft by s a bodeen book cover, description, publication history. She lives with her parents on midway atoll in the hawaiian islands. The author pulls you into the book by the first sentence. The raft is a thrilling novel of survival from awardwinning author s. Now i only mentioned where i read this book because the raft is about an airplane ride gone wrong. The striped chest by sir arthur conan doyle, a tale of the high seas 1897 duration. 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. Bodeen, the awardwinning the compound, came out from feiwel and friends in 2008.
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