Nim's island (1st American ed.)

A girl. An iguana. An island. And e-mail. Meet Nima modern-day Robinson Crusoe! She can chop down bananas with a machete, climb tall palm trees, and start a fire with a piece of glass.

So shes not afraid when her scientist dad sails off to study plankton for three days, leaving her alone on their island.

Besides, its not as if no ones looking after hershes got a sea lion to mother her and an iguana for comic relief.

She also has an interesting new e-mail pal. But when her fathers cell-phone calls stop coming and disaster seems near, Nim has to be stronger and braver than shes ever been before.And shell need all her friends to help her.From the Trade Paperback edition.