The enchanting story of a shipwrecked family -- a minister, his wife, and four sons -- who are cast up on a desert island, build a wonderful house in a tree, and survive so cleverly and happily apart from the world that they never want to be rescued.

Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.

An abridged version of the story that relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.

En esta novela el apocalipsis ha empezado. Ahora sólo queda un objetivo: sobrevivir. En el mundo sólo quedan pequeños grupos aislados, asustados y sin recursos, que quizá sean peores que el peor de los No Muertos. In this novel the apocalypse has begun. One objective remains: to survive. There are only a few small groups of frightened people without resources left in the world, and perhaps they are worse than the worst of the Undead.

Considered one of the greatest mysteries of all times, ten strangers, each with a dark secret, are gathered together on an isolated island by a mysterious host. One by one, they die, and before the weekend is out, there will be none.

Beavers Bub and Ace battle the Fish Stix corporation in an attempt to save their island's trees.

Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.

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