The Island of Secrets

Twelve-year-old Francis Laurent is flying from Paris to New York when a violent tropical storm forces his private jet off course over the Atlantic. After a terrifying crash into the ocean, Francis washes ashore on a remote island with only a life jacket, a soaked backpack, and a small pocket knife his mother gave him for his birthday.

Alone, injured, hungry, and desperate for water, Francis must learn how to survive in the wild. He searches for fresh water, builds a shelter from wreckage and palm leaves, struggles to start a fire, rations what little food he has, and battles heat, mosquitoes, exhaustion, fear, and the dangerous jungle around him.

But the island is not as empty as it first appears.

Strange sounds move beneath the trees. Shadows shift near his camp. And when Francis discovers a human footprint in the sand, survival becomes more dangerous than he ever imagined. Someone else is on the island, and the deeper Francis goes, the more he realizes this place is hiding secrets that could cost him his life.

Fast-paced, emotional, and full of suspense, The Island of Secrets is a thrilling teen survival adventure about courage, fear, friendship, wilderness survival, plane crash survival, island danger, and one boy's desperate fight to make it home alive.

Perfect for readers who love survival books for teens, middle grade adventure novels, wilderness survival fiction, plane crash survival stories, deserted island adventures, lost-in-the-wild books, outdoor adventure, rescue stories, action and suspense, and coming-of-age stories about bravery, friendship, and survival.