islands of the pacific

"When Vanessa, Carter, Jane, and Buzz landed on Shadow Island, they never could have predicted what was waiting for them. Now the competition known as 'Raku Nau' has ended, but not in the way they'd planned. The clock is ticking. Any hope of getting back to the lives they once knew lies in the balance. They have only one night to make things right, or they'll be forced to call Shadow Island home...for good. Because at sunrise, it all comes to an end. On way or another"--Back cover.

Resolving to find the mother who left her behind, Sophie enlists the help of a charter pilot to visit a remote Pacific island lab only to encounter genetically enhanced humans created in a scientific experiment who all possess a terrible flaw.

Trapped for eleven days on a deserted island, Jane, Buzz, Carter and Vanessa must venture deeper into the jungles of the island, where they discover a secret and find danger at every turn.

In 1866, a fourteen-year-old orphan reluctantly joins the crew of a missionary ship leaving Australia, but when a hurricane strands him on a South Sea island and he is captured by slave traders, he finds the courage to trust in God.

Trapped for eleven days on a deserted island, Jane, Buzz, Carter and Vanessa must venture deeper into the jungles of the island, where they discover a secret and find danger at every turn.

Being shipwrecked on a jungle island in the middle of the South Pacific was bad enough. But now that Carter, Vanessa, Buzz and Jane have lost their boat--and almost everything on board--to another violent storm, it's like starting over.

Jane, Buzz, Carter, and Vanessa, aged nine to thirteen, are on a sailing trip in the South Pacific intended to help them bond in their newly-blended family when a massive storm strands them on a deserted island.

"When Carter, Vanessa, Buzz, and Jane found themselves stranded on Shadow Island, they had no idea what they were getting into. Now, one of their group is missing, and the stakes just keep getting higher"--Back cover.

Including photographs, maps, fact boxes, and Web sites, this book tells of the exploration of Australasia and the Pacific and of the exploits of famous explorers, such as James Cook and Friedrich Leichhardt.