Doan, Lisa.
Summary: Upon the death of his Aunt Julia, twelve-year-old Jack is whisked by his scheming and dreaming parents from Pennsylvania to a small Caribbean island, Compano, and soon finds himself alone on a deserted island.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Darby Creek 2014
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Summary: "Jack's parents have decided to guide safaris in Africa, much to Jack's chagrin and none of their previous schemes have worked"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Darby Creek 2014
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Summary: Jack Berenson's parents thought up another get-rich-quick scheme...in Kenya! Now an animal attack is about to send Jack up a tree?alone, with limited supplies. Can Jack outsmart the wild life and survive?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publishing Group 2014
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McGahern, John
Summary: The residents of a contemporary Irish village struggle to find a way to adapt to the more sophisticatied trappings of modernity but still stay true to the history and heritage of their ancestors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2002