In Wild Man Island, a book by the author Will Hobbs, we find 14-year old Andy stranded in the wilderness of Admiralty Island. After leaving the kayak group to go to the place where his dad died, he is blown away by a storm. Once there, Andy must find what he needs to survive. After several days of trying to find food he meets a wild man on the island. Once he does find some food he meets the wild man's dog and gets a knife and a spear that are made of stone. After a long time of following the dog, Andy finds the wild man's hide out. Andy then explores a cave that he finds in the back of the hide out. After that, Andy meets the wild man again and gets off the island in a skin boat and nearly gets tipped over by a cruise boat, but they make it to land and Andy reunites with his mom and having learned a lesson.The main theme in this book is "Be Prepared for Any Situation". An example of this is when Andy wasn't prepared for a storm when he went away from his kayak group alone. He also wasn't prepared for getting stuck on an island with no way off. Nor was he prepared for seeing a cave man in modern times! But he learned that being prepared for anything is important by the time he was reunited with his mom. That is why I think that the theme of Wild Man Island is "Be Prepared for Any Situation".
I don't really like wilderness survival books but I would recommend this book to other 7th grade readers because I really liked the action sections. I really liked the action sections, because they kept me interested and reading the book all the way to the end. My favorite part was when I got to the section when Andy gets off the island. I was so excited I couldn't put the book down. Even though I'm not really a person who likes wilderness survival stories, I really liked Wild Man Island and I think you will like it too.
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