Lucky. It's what Robie Mitchell is considered but she doesn't feel very lucky when she finds herself living a nightmare, stranded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on a flimsy raft! With an unconscious co-pilot her only company, and a bag of Skittles for food!

While visiting Aunt Jillian, unexpectedly she's called away, Robie makes the choice to go home. The cargo plane that she catches has a weight limit but Robie didn't get that memo. The plane starts to go down Robie and Max are the only ones that got out alive.

Robie was a little whiny. The characters in this book are very sleepy, there's a lot of sleeping in this book, lol.

I really like survival stories like this. The story moved fast, maybe a little too fast, rushed a little.

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The end of the book was a little confusing for me, I kept asking myself "Was Max really there or had she gone crazy and imaged he was?"

The Raft is a perfect mix of rebellion, survival, action, and lessons learned to satisfy both teen and adult readers. Robie's desire to be a little defiant draws teen readers into the story quickly as they identify with her debut into rebellion. This keeps them cheering her on as the plane goes down and that fight gives her the strength to survive. The Raft is a perfect book for reluctant readers as well.

I did not end up finishing this book. The heroine was too annoying and made too many questionable decisions. I will not be rating or reviewing this title. Thank you.

This was absolutely one of my favorite reads of the year! I am now obsessed with this author and will read EVERYTHING she writes! I thought the concept of the story was quite original and refreshing. I have to say, I've always hated flying. It's a horrible fear of mine, unforunately, and this made it worse. bahaha But ...I don't care because it was amazing! The ending blew me away and it had some intense psychological aspects. Brilliant!