First off, I can't remember the authoress' name and I think it's called Sanctuary or Survival, I read it years ago.
The front cover is turquoise-blue and has a picture of a hand outstretched, in the motion of someone sinking underwater. I think there is also a boat exploding at the top of the water.
The book is about a girl who takes a boating vacation with her parents. Their boat catches fire, accidents on deck cause the deaths of her parents. She winds up shipwrecked on a remote island, inhabited only by birds and a strange large animal that lives in a cave. Two sailors (Mexican/Spanish, i think) are with her but they are badly injured. She makes the long hard trawl of survival. Poachers come to the island twice to steal the birds, the second time they try to rape her.She goes to the cave to hide and her hunter dirsturbs the large beast in there and it kills him. Later on she is rescued and she makes a bid to protect the island.
Quite a good read, help me find it!!!
2007-02-21 21:43:26 · 6 answers · asked by poppy-dayz 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Try www.abebooks.com.
The sellers there have a lot of rare and obscure books.
2007-02-21 21:52:21 · answer #1 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This sounds like a real depressive read, I could not read a book like that once never mind twice , but still everyone to thier own, troll through ebay or amazon put in the name of what you think the book is called and see if anything comes up.
2007-02-21 21:53:30 · answer #2 · answered by john r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try the usual places, like ebay, amazon etc. Have a look in local charity shops or boot sales. I pick up a lot of books there, ones that I need to complete a series or ones I read years ago and want to read again.
Happy book hunting!!
2007-02-22 01:05:34 · answer #3 · answered by Mas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried going into a large bookstore and describing the book to them? Otherwise you could try and do a search on ebay...
2007-02-21 21:48:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This sounds a bit like Kensuke's Kingdom, but it reminds me of another story as well. I will keep thinking to see if the title comes to mind.
2007-02-22 10:30:36 · answer #5 · answered by julie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try walmart.com, tried it and i found the book i have been searching for long timmmmeeee!
Good luck!
2007-02-23 00:38:44 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋