Bodeen first person first person the character tells the story in his or her own words. 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. Then she ran away from honolulu to go back home to where she lived on the island of midway. They only have a little bit of lighting fluid and she is trying to make a. When she has to get to midway in a hurry after a visit with her aunt in hawaii, she gets on the. Quiz includes 10 multiple choice questions and a higher level short answer at the end. What are the 10 most important events that happen in. Bodeen robbie lives on the isolated island of midway. 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. Free download or read online the compound pdf epub book. Great cover spolier alert this story will spur some great dialog in any class. Bodeen square fish robie is an experienced traveler. It seemed more like a cheat than an organic part of the story.
The main characters of this young adult, science fiction story are. The raft set 10 187 words text written by angela weeks and illustrated by dick weigall special words they, what, were, adventure, do, you, was, no, extra this is the raft that tim and jack constructed with a little help from dad. All termites con tain genes capable of turning them into sterile workers under some environmental conditions, reproducers under other conditions. Second, it is the environment, not the genes, that determines whether an individual termite, say, becomes a reproducer or a sterile worker. The raft im so sorry then i cried and brought the board as hard as i can on the seals head.
Bodeen includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 57 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expert. The central conflict is about how robie is going to survive on the raft and on the island. Shes taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll. When i woke up, i felt better, although my left eye was.
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. Bodeen is the story of a plane crash and a desperate attempt at survival by a fifteen year old teenager. 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. Bodeen and suddenly fell in love with her writing and that book. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 256 pages and is available in hardcover format. Bodeen or stephanie stuve bodeen is an american childrens and young adult book author. He is a handsome man with black hair and he is probably in his late twenties. This is a 90 page complete novel study for the raft by s. 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. The pdf format allows the web site to know how large a printer page is, and the fonts are scaled to fill the page. Nov 03, 2012 so when it came to the raft by author s. Aug 21, 2012 the raft by s a bodeen, 9780312650100, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Its not totally unexpected, but it does make the book stand out from the usual survival fare. Shes taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands where her parents live, many times. With less weight, the raft rises enough to allow the boys to gently push it off the sand bar and into deeper water. 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. Bodeen or stephanie stuvebodeen is an american childrens and young adult book author. 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. May 28, 2015 discussion questions of the raft by s.
Bodeen wrote the intriguing story the raft the story takes place in the hawaiian islands. Max pulls her onto the raft, and thats when the real terror begins. She has taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands where her parents live, many times. The raft summary and study guide supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Find books like the raft from the worlds largest community of readers. They found most of the things they needed at the dump.
And i have to admit at times it felt like parts of the story were over immediately after they had. This novel study would work great for whole class, literature circles, independe. Bodeen max is the only other real character who is throughout the book. Robie is frustrating as a protagonist and it is i admit, difficult to root for her at first.
The raft by s a bodeen, 9780312650100, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. 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. When she has to get to midway in a hurry after a visit with her aunt in hawaii, she gets on. She uses this twist to try and add a bit more character depth, but the results arent totally successful. Read and download the compound 1 sa bodeen free ebooks in pdf format. There are now buttons on the puzzle so that you can get a clean page, in either html or pdf, that you can use your browsers print button to print. 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. A detailed discussion of the writing styles running throughout fallout fallout including including point of view. The story begins with robie, the main character staying at her aunts house in honolulu her aunt needed to travel for a few days. Bodeen robbies lastminute flight to the midway atoll proves to be a nightmare when the plane goes down in sharkinfested waters. Page 145 shading my good eye, i looked out into the water. And i have to admit at times it felt like parts of the story were over immediately after they had begun. The first edition of the novel was published in april 29th 2008, and was written by s. A bodeen is a compelling writer for middlehigh school students.
Partway through the book, bodeen throws us for a pretty major loop. A simple airplane trip becomes a harrowing struggle for survival in this tense offering from bodeen the gardener. Iowa teen award master list, south carolina young adult book award masterlist. 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.
Now robbie and max, the copilot, and floating in the open water in a raft. 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. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. When robbie goes to the airport she meets max who is a new copilot. She knows the pilot, but on this flight, there is a new copilot named max. She lives with her parents on midway atoll in the hawaiian islands. Jul 27, 2012 partway through the book, bodeen throws us for a pretty major loop. I pushed the raft into the reeds along the rivers edge, then tied it to the dock so it wouldnt drift away. All the while, birds fl ew over my head, every now and then swooping down to the raft as if it were a friend. 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.
The boys jump off the raft, quickly followed by the dogs. And i knew i needed to read more of her books, so i decided to read the raft. This study guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and. Shes taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands. 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. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The raft is a thrilling novel of survival from awardwinning author s. Just after robie noticed that, max came out of the cockpit in a hurry grabbing a yellow life raft and life jacket from under the seats handing them to robie and told her she could not inflate the life raft until she was fully out of the plane.
As a survival tale, this is both engaging and full of scary factoids and frightening possibilities. 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 i have gotta admit that i was a bit hesitant. She had conflict from the very beginning when a man tried to grab her. Robbies lastminute flight to the midway atoll proves to be a nightmare when the plane goes down in sharkinfested waters. 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. The only passenger, robie doesnt panic until the engine suddenly cuts out and max shouts at her to put on a life jacket. Robie mitchell had been visiting her aunt in hawaii, but now she was cutting. This story puts a girl in a situation where she is stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean. The students love the way this book holds their attention to the final moment.
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