Mrs Ballen recommends ......... Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
Kensuke's Kingdom was first published in 1999 so I read it as an adult not a child! Since then I have read it many, many times! I can't recommend it highly enough! If you have the opportunity to read it, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
I disappeared on the night before my twelfth birthday. Washed up on an island in the Pacific, Michael struggles to survive on his own. With no food and no water, he curls up to die. When he wakes, there is a plate beside him of fish, of fruit, and a bowl of fresh water. He is not alone . . .
And so begins the gripping story of Kensuke's Kingdom