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  The Swiss Family Robinson

  by Johann David Wyss

  A classic for all ages in a fresh new format, this fascinating tale of a resourceful family shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island make up one of the most exciting survival stories ever written. The Robinsons encounters an incredibly rich and varied landscape, full of marvelous animals and useful plants, all begging to be explored and put to use. After many challenges, they build a wonderful house in a tree,... (more)
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  Elle

  A Novel

  by Douglas H. Glover

  Imagine a 16th-century society belle turned Robinson Crusoe, a female Don Quixote with an Inuit Sancho Panza, and you'll have an inkling of what's in store in Douglas Glover's outrageously Rabelaisian new novel - his first in ten years. Elle is a lusty, subversive riff on the discovery of the New World, the moment of first contact. Based on a true story, Elle chronicles the ordeals and adventures of a young French... (more)
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  Selkirk's Island

  by Diana Souhami

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  Island of the Lost

  Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

  by Joan Druett

  Auckland Island is a godforsaken place in the middle of the Southern Ocean, 285 miles south of New Zealand. With year-round freezing rain and howling winds, it is one of the most forbidding places in the world. To be shipwrecked there means almost certain death. In 1864 Captain Thomas Musgrave and his crew of four aboard the schooner Grafton wreck on the southern end of the island. Utterly alone in a dense... (more)
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  Marooned

  by Martin Caidin

  Source for exciting movie of the same name, starring Gregory Peck.
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  Adrift in the Pacific

  or Two Years Holiday

  by Jules Verne

  A group of boys find themselves adrift at sea, and after a terrible storm they are cast upon a deserted island, where they must learn to get along together to survive.
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  Robinson Crusoe

  by Daniel Defoe

  First published in 1719, it is sometimes considered to be the first novel in English. It is believed his story is based on the real-life Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived four years on the Pacific island called "Más a Tierra."
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  The Cay: Book 1

  The Cay

  by Theodore Taylor

  Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. War has always been a game to him, and he’s eager to glimpse it firsthand–until the freighter he and his mother are traveling to the United States on is torpedoed.When Phillip comes to, he is on a small raft in the middle of the sea. Besides Stew Cat, his only companion is an old West Indian, Timothy. Phillip remembers his mother’s... (more)
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  In Search of Robinson Crusoe

  by Tim Severin

  With his signature approach to literary sleuthing, Tim Severin retraces the footsteps of castaways and pirates to discover the inspiration behind Daniel Defoe's brilliant creation, Robinson Crusoe. Insightful travel writing, riveting narrative history, and clever scholarly discoveries make this a remarkably rich and varied book. Tim Severin has once again demonstrated a superb ability to bring together... (more)
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  Robinson Crusoe

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  The god-Princes of Tigron (also -commonly- The Mating Books): Book 3

  Insufficient Mating Material

  by Rowena Cherry

  KEYNOTE Stranded on a desert island, a prince must find a way to woo the woman he loves...without giving away his true identity.
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  Robinson Crusoe

  by Daniel Defoe

  The dramatic, vibrant illustrations of noted American artist N. C. Wyeth enhance this large-format edition of Daniel Defoe's classic tale. The thrilling saga of the English sailor marooned on a desert island, originally published in 1719, is retold here for children aged 4 to 8, who will be captivated by the castaway's adventures and struggle for survival.
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  Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls

  True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors

  by Edward E. Leslie

  Here are the most remarkable stories imaginable of maroons, castaways, and other survivors from the 1500s to the present - their moral dilemmas, their personalities, and their influence on society, literature, and art.