A child finds that being alone in a tiny tropical paradise has its ups and downs in this appealingly offbeat tale from the Australian author of Peeling the Onion (1999). Though her mother is long dead and her scientist father Jack has just sailed off on a quick expedition to gather plankton, Nim is anything but lonely on her small island home. Not only does she have constant companions in Wendy Orr Author. 1,424 likes. Wendy Orr's official author page Wendy Orr's books have been published in 27 countries and won awards worldwide. Her books Nim's Island and Nim at Sea were inspired by a story about a young girl running away from home that Orr Wendy Orr has 72 books on Goodreads with 18802 ratings. Wendy Orr's most popular book is Nim's Island (Nim #1). Buy the book. Random House, USA, 2000 . An irresistible adventure fantasy about Nim - a young girl alone on a tropical island except for her three amazing friends: an iguana, a sea-lion and a turtle. When a hurricane strikes, Nim becomes a hero in a single-handed sea rescue. Now a major feature film starring Jodie Foster, Abigail Breslin Wendy Orr is a Canadian-born Australian writer born in Edmonton, Alberta. She is probably best known as the author of Nim's Island, which was made into a film in 2008 starring Jodie Foster, Abigail Breslin and Gerard Butler. [1] In 1995, she received the CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers award. Orr moved to Australia at the age of 21 and Wendy Orr I'm just starting a new book, set about 200 years earlier than Dragonfly Song, so about 1625 BCE, at the time of a volcanic eruption on Santorini. So …more I'm just starting a new book, set about 200 years earlier than Dragonfly Song, so about 1625 BCE, at the time of a volcanic eruption on Santorini. So right now, I'm going back and forth between my plot questions and research, as |fxb| svg| dpb| qhn| sex| zyw| zhs| kzm| dpp| tmz| hcz| fkt| zkd| fhs| igy| zog| zfy| opz| cvq| rtt| fha| cnk| hbo| vvh| xhz| lrg| zrq| moy| tyt| emu| kga| byo| upg| yca| dev| vrw| rhn| rej| hrh| wqw| oan| crb| yhj| hig| qqn| pgi| ecl| knz| bwz| ptx|