The raft s a bodeen book report

Bodeens first novel, the compound, earned her a flying start from pw and was chosen by yalsa as a quick pick for reluctant readers. Buy this book a simple airplane trip becomes a harrowing struggle for survival in this tense offering from bodeen. 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. Nov 03, 2012 so when it came to the raft by author s. 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. I had some positive and negative opinions on the raft. In the chaos before the flight, robies name wasnt entered in the manifest.

On her flight back to midway the cargo plane hits nasty weather, and goes down. Oct 28, 2015 book trailer made by esl students from le sommet high school in quebec city. 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. Bodeen tackled, that of making floating at sea in a dingy not only interesting, but suspenseful, i have to admit that i was pleasantly surprised by the raft. Now i only mentioned where i read this book because the raft is about an airplane ride gone wrong. When they finally reach an island that seems abandoned, robie hopes theyll be found quickly. Bodeen or stephanie stuvebodeen is an american childrens and young adult book author. The raft is less logically sound than the detour, a later ya horror novel by s. But shes not sure she was even on the flight manifest. This book takes place in the pacific ocean and oahu. They have a bag of candy and very little water between them. She travels the country making school visits, and lives with her husband outside of minneapolis. Theme overview plot to survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself george orwell robie.

Cutting short a visit to an aunt in honolulu, 15yearold robie gets on a small cargo plane delivering supplies that founders in an electrical storm. One i absolutely loved and the other i really, really did not. Even livvy admits that her situation is more than a little reminiscent of stephen kings misery. Aug 21, 2012 initially intrigued by the undertaking that s. Jul 25, 2016 bodeens normally compelling writing and pacing just seemed a bit off to me. Sherlock holmes stories magpie audio recommended for you. Robie lives on midway atoll, but every year she flies to oahu to visit her aunty.

The difference is that livvy is so frustratingly dim and full of herself that shes difficult to root for. 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. 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. So she looks for what supplies they have on their raft, which arent many. Bodeen includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 57 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis.

The main character of the book is a girl called robie and is an experienced explorer and is visiting her aunt in honolulu. Suede 1 a type of leather leather finished with a soft, napped surface atoll 2 type of living coral a ringshaped coral albatross 2 type of birdtropical large, webfooted seabirds henna tattoo 5 semi permanent tattoo a semi permanent tattoo thats spiritual admonitions 7 things to dochores. Bodeen includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 57 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expert. This is a great book its about this girl who lives on an island called the midway atoll and she goes to visit her aunt on honolulu and she leaves early on the plane but no one now but the pilot and new copilot max all is good until a bad storm hits they lose an engine next thing she no s the plane s going down max gets her to the raft now there stuck at sea with no water and a bag of skittles. But that s fine, because robie carries this story on her own. I chose this book because i couldnt find a book to read so ms. 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. Bodeen posted on september 26, 2012 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. 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 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. 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. Bodeen, robie mitchell is staying with her aunt on oahu, while taking a break from her life with. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need. The internal conflict is about robie s courage and her not giving up in the of fight of survival.

Robie is pulled aboard a raft by max, who is injured and slipping in and out of consciousness. She s taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands w. The main character of this book is a girl named robie mitchell. If i hear that a book involves lifeboats andor being marooned on a island, i am all over it. 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. Find books like the raft from the world s largest community of readers. When her plane crashes, robies years of living with her researcher parents on midway island provide her with important knowledge. While not without its flaws a selfish, monotone protagonist and a notsosurprising twist ending the raft was a quick and entertaining. After max and robie get on the raft safely, he tells her to go to sleep. The lead is a reaction of robbie looking a mean with a needle in his hand. Apr 11, 20 the new book that im reading is the raft. I was gobbling up the book and finished it in one sitting.

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. There is a very natural flow to the action of the raft. Read more read less explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. My favorite plot of the book is the narrative hook, technical climax, and the falling action.

She is also the author of the shipwreck island series for middlegrade readers. I started to look through the book of henna tattoo samples. Shes taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands w. My favorite part of the book is when robbie freaked out on having to jump out of the plane. 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. The raft summary and study guide supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Robie mitchell had been visiting her aunt in hawaii, but now she was cutting. Bodeen, i want her to know that the raft was an amazing book. Bodeen totally and completely captured me in 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. Questions are plotbased and spaced evenly throughout the book with no trick questions or insignificant details. The striped chest by sir arthur conan doyle, a tale of the high seas 1897 duration. 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. The raft was the type of novel that i personally believe survival. But anyways in parts during the book he tells robie about his life in little. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. She has to be since she s basically alone for the entirety of this book. Bodeen is the story of a plane crash and a desperate attempt at survival by a fifteen year old teenager. The raft that becomes her support contains some useful items, but with the only other.

As i started reading this book, i worried about two things happening. The raft is a thrilling novel of survival from awardwinning author s. The airplane crashes and the main protagonist ends up having to survive using only a raft and max. Ms bodeen showed the monotony of being stranded on a raft. 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. 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 quiz can be used as a quick formative assessment to help with conferencing. The raft was about a 15 year old girl named robie who is visiting her aunt aj in honolulu. A simple airplane trip becomes a harrowing struggle for survival in this tense offering from bodeen the gardener. The author pulls you into the book by the first sentence. Even a confession about the pain of past bullying isnt enough to sustain readers sympathy. Max then saved robie s life a second time, by pulling her out of the freezing cold water and onto the raft. Its just robie, the pilot, and max, a copilot shes never met till this flight, on board. Bodeen for a while, and finally decided that it was time.