Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The raft summary and study guide supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Bodeen is the author of the acclaimed ya novels the compound, the gardener, the raft, and the fallout. 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. Shes taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands w. Listen to shipwreck island, books 12 audiobook by s. A simple airplane trip becomes a harrowing struggle for survival in this tense offering from bodeen the gardener. The only passenger, robie doesnt panic until the engine suddenly cuts out and max shouts at her to put on a life jacket.
Shes taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific. Bodeen, robie mitchell is staying with her aunt on oahu, while taking a break from her life with. A bodeen is a compelling writer for middlehigh school students. She uses this twist to try and add a bit more character depth, but the results arent totally successful. Ive searched all over the web for anything that can help me understand the ending. The central conflict is about how robie is going to survive on the raft and on the island. In these chapters robie was enjoying her flight when all of a sudden the plane was experiencing turbulence. The sinking of the plane was like a magicians trick. Bodeen is currently all the rage with my 7th graders. Then after a while the turbulence to the point where robie was freaking out. Jul 27, 2012 partway through the book, bodeen throws us for a pretty major loop.
Reviews of the the raft thus far with regards to the ebook we now have the raft pdf opinions customers have never however. 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. 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. May 28, 2015 discussion questions of the raft by s. Robie mitchell had been visiting her aunt in hawaii, but now she was cutting the visit short and taking the cargo flight back to midway island where she lives with her biologist parents. 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. The raft by s a bodeen, 9780312650100, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Then she ran away from honolulu to go back home to where she lived on the island of midway. In the chaos before the flight, robies name wasnt entered in the manifest. 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. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Robbies lastminute flight to the midway atoll proves to be a nightmare when the plane goes down in sharkinfested waters. The raft is a thrilling novel of survival from awardwinning author s.
Robie is a experienced traveler but never had a trip like this. As we know robie is visiting her aunt in honolulu, when robie and her auntie were. Feb 07, 20 in these chapters robie was enjoying her flight when all of a sudden the plane was experiencing turbulence. Page 145 shading my good eye, i looked out into the water. She knows the pilot, but on this flight, theres a new copilot named max. It was there and then it was gone, and there was nothing left in our big, wet, darkening world but. In chapter 1 we met our main character, robie, a 15yearold who is visiting her auntie, jillian, in honolulu. When she has to get to midway in a hurry after a visit with her aunt in hawaii, she gets on the.
Bodeen this study guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your. Bodeen is the story of a plane crash and a desperate attempt at survival by a fifteen year old teenager. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. As the reader can discern from the cover, the worst happens and the plane pitches into the ocean, and she ends up on a raft adrift somewhere in the. I just finished this book and i think im losing it.
Robie mitchell had been visiting her aunt in hawaii, but now she was cutting the visit. Aug 05, 2015 i had some positive and negative opinions on the raft. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Theme overview plot to survive it is often necessary to. 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. When i woke up, i felt better, although my left eye was. Theme overview plot to survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself george orwell robie. Shes taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands where her parents live, many times. As a survival tale, this is both engaging and full of scary factoids and frightening possibilities.
Jul 28, 2015 listen to shipwreck island, books 12 audiobook by s. This video is my audiobook creation of the raft by s. The raft tells the story of robie, a teen from tiny midway atoll who, after some ill advised decisions while visiting family in hawaii, ends up on a cargo plane headed for home one stormy night. This is a delayed success, since i bought a small set of copies for my class library. The first book in the series, elizabetis doll, won the 1999.
Shes taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands where her parents live. 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. She is best known for her young adult science fiction novels the compound and the gardener, and books for. Bodeen first person first person the character tells the story in his or her own words. Bodeen or stephanie stuve bodeen is an american childrens and young adult book author. She is also the author of the shipwreck island series for middle grade readers. 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.
She had conflict from the very beginning when a man tried to grab her. Bodeen includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 57 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expert. We do not collect or store information about visitors of our site. Bodeen or stephanie stuvebodeen is an american childrens and young adult book author. This is a 90 page complete novel study for the raft by. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone.
I had some positive and negative opinions on the raft. In 1942, three men on an antisubmarine patrol flight became. This story puts a girl in a situation where she is stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean. When a frightening experience turns fifteen yearold robies unsupervised hawaii vacation into a nightmare. 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. This year a couple of key players, popular kids, raved about it, so i broke down and read it myself. 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. Partway through the book, bodeen throws us for a pretty major loop. Robie mitchell had been visiting her aunt in hawaii, but now she was cutting. Bodeen, including the raft, the compound and many more. 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. Bodeen ch 55epilogue for school use grades 8 and up. It seemed more like a cheat than an organic part of the story.
This is a delayed success, since i bought a small set of copies for my class library last year only to have my students reject it in favor of matched and divergent. Bodeen is a very very unique book everyone should read. This novel study would work great for whole class, literature circles, independe. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the. It was there and then it was gone, and there was nothing left in our big, wet, darkening world but the three of us and a piece of rubber that was not yet a raft. She lives with her parents on midway atoll in the hawaiian islands. Its not totally unexpected, but it does make the book stand out from the usual survival fare. This is a 90 page complete novel study for the raft by s. 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. Feb 05, 20 in chapter 1 we met our main character, robie, a 15yearold who is visiting her auntie, jillian, in honolulu.
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