Pages 1-26 *Alyssa*

My group and I are reading Dr. Franklin's Island by Ann Halam, and we just read the first twenty-six pages of this book. So far, it's really interesting. It's about a "chubby and shy" girl named Semirah Garson, who people just call Semi. She was a prizewinner to go on a plane with thirty other people to go to a science lab, instead of going to Jamaica with her family. However, her plane gets into a tragic crash. Semi, Miranda, and Arnie are all now stuck on an unknown island after swimming for their lives.