Terrific

By Jon Agee

Subjects: Pessimism, Luck, Optimism, Survival, Fiction, Shipwrecks, Accelerated Reader, Determination (Personality trait), Juvenile fiction, Resourcefulness, Parrots, Islands, Cooperativeness, Vacations, Friendship, Castaways

Description: "Terrific," says Eugene when he wins an all-expenses-paid cruise to Bermuda. "I'll probably get a really nasty sunburn." But Eugene's luck is much worse than that. His ship sinks, and he ends up stranded on a tiny island with only a parrot for company.