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Escape (Island #3)

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If your looking for books that will hook boys into reading, then this is the one! As a teacher I know that getting boys interested in novels has become increasingly difficult. Boys are great with informational books or comics, but it is harder to catch their interest in chapter books. This book is the third book in a series of the "Island" books. It is highly interesting for its audience. It is about 6 chidlren (4 boys, 2 girls) that get sent on a boat as a punishment and a storm shipwrecks them on an island.
On this island the children learn to work together and take care of one another (developing life skills). They discover some smugglers and even "Junior" which is a left over atomic bomb from World War II. It is a wonderful series for boys that will appeal to their need for adventure and everyone of all ages. It is a different story line and has many real challenges that you see these characters go through that may help you in your everyday life. I suggest this book for any child around third grade and up.

What a page turner that keeps you guessing what is going to happen!!! Korman's trilogy has found a place in my classroom reading series. I've bought a classroom set of the whole entire "Island" series. I read each book in one day. It was nerve-racking waiting for the final book to come out, but I was NOT DISAPPOINTED.
Who would have known that the ending would turn out as it did? The least likely islander came through and saved the day...by the skin of their teeth. I was gripped in the first book by the characters, the second by the separation of the kids and all of their problems. The third book kept me "on the edge of me seat." This has got to be turned into a big theatrical movie...I'll be the first in line to buy my tickets.

I loved this book! Good for adventurous types like me, I couldn't put it down!

In the final book of the trilogy, the tension escalates as the young, marooned crew find themselves with company on their tropical island. And, it's not the kind of company you'd invite to dinner! To make matters worse one of the friends needs medical attention...soon! Now getting off the island isn't just about finding their way home - it's the only way to survive. If you've enjoyed the first two books, you'll definitely want to read the satisfying ending to this adventure.
-- Reviewed by Michelle Delisle

Wow if you want to read a good book you should order this book right now. Talk about being at the edge of your seat. When you read it it is like you are transformed into that book and you don't care what is happening around you. I suggest you don't read it if you dont have a lot of time because when you start reading it you will not want to give it up when you have to go. So get this book but don't read it unless you have read the first two which are as a good as this one.

Things were bad enough when Luke, Lyssa, Will, J.J., Ian, and Charla were stuck alone on the island. But now they have company-real bad company. Plus, Will is seriously injured and needs help immediatly. Before, escape was something the kids could only hope for. Now it's a matter of life and death. - I recently bought all 3 of the "Island" books and could not put them down. (Read all 3 in 2 day) I highly suggest them to all readers!

OK, so with the first two books I was able to overcome some credibility challenges, but I DO have my limits. While the characters remain strong, a transormation of one is so totally out of character as to cause rolled eyes in disbelief. An escape from hightly-motivated armed captors? I don't think so. Adolescents performing surgery without training? Yeah, right. Book one's creep of note facing the music? Only if the castaways really did come to some reasonable return to civilization. If a reader is willing to put up with such incredible happenings, there's pleasure here, particularly in the cohesion formed by the youngsters and their coming to a good end. But that's more than this reader could come up with.

I loved sharing Gordon Korman's books with my fifth grade class. In spite of the fact the early books were following a successful formula, they were successful. It "cracked up" the class including me. Even retired I keep many of his books. My classes and I particularly enjoyed I want to Go Home! and Who Is Bugs Potter? My personal favorite is No Coins Please! I was not sure what I would get into with this adventure trilogy. It was engrossing. I felt compelled to get and read the third book. However, I felt a sense of disappointment. Thinking it might be due to my personal expectations I loaned them to a great nephew to who I had previously loaned Korman books. He loved all the others, and he loved these also. I missed the creative twists and turns of his conniving little schemers, but the adventure is unmistakeably absorbing.

After a horrifying shipwreck, six kids - Will, his sister Lyssa, Luke, J.J., Ian, and Charla were lucky to find themselves alive. But now they're stranded on a desert island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and they're not alone. Because the island that fate has brought them to is not only the location of the headquarters of a group of smugglers, but also of a long deserted military base housing a nuclear weapon left over from World War II. Will has been shot, and time is running out even for the others. Sooner or later the smugglers will find them, and even if they don't, Will can't last much longer without medical help. The kids come up with a risky plan, but if it doesn't work, none of them will ever see civilization, or their families, again. The thrilling Island trilogy comes to a close with this exciting page-turner. I am sorry to see the series end, and hope that Gordon Korman writes more survival stories in the future.

All is not good when J.J., Lyssa, Will, Luke, Ian, and Charla discover that a bomb is on their island. Even worse, the smugglers are searching harder. How will they get off this island? In this book, the action will leave you breathless.