Nim's Island
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ISBN: 0440418682 / Publisher: Yearling, June 2002
Nim loves her island home and the animals she shares it with, even while her scientist father is away doing research, but trouble is on the way and a new e-mail friend could be the only one who can help.
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A girl. An iguana. An island. And e-mail. Meet Nim&;a modern-day Robinson Crusoe! She can chop down bananas with a machete, climb tall palm trees, and start a fire with a piece of glass. So she&;s not afraid when her scientist dad sails off to study plankton for three days, leaving her alone on their island. Besides, it&;s not as if no one&;s looking after her&;she&;s got a sea lion to mother her and an iguana for comic relief. She also has an interesting new e-mail pal. But when her father&;s cell-phone calls stop coming and disaster seems near, Nim has to be stronger and braver than she&;s ever been before.And she&;ll need all her friends to help her.
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