The Swiss Family Robinson

The Swiss Family Robinson is about a family- Elizabeth (the mom), a dad, and 4 sons Fritz 15, Jack 13, Ernest 11, and Francis 8- and their crew, are sailing along the sea in hope to find a new island by New Guinea. Then a big wave came, and the crew had to get into inflatable boats and get sail in those. They forgot to take the Robinson family with them, so the family was stranded there. The family found some barrels, to make a boat, 2 dogs (named Turk and Flora), a cow, 2 goats, a mule, 6 sheep, a pig, some hems, roosters, pigeons, geese, and ducks! Land was not far away from the broken boat, so the family made life jackets for the animals. On land, the Robinsons built a house in a tree and a barn for their animals. There was a storm coming, so the Robinsons had to build a tent on the ground as their new home. The next day, Fritz went exploring and found a monkey, a coconut tree, and European fruits. Fritz, Dad, Turk and Flora, went out hunting and found buffalo. They killed a mother buffalo, and took her baby and they kept and tamed it. The Robinsons had to make a home in a cave, because of another storm. They decided to celebrate the 3 years the have been there, so the threw a party. Days later, the family ran into a python, and had to stay in their house. because they shot at it, but it didn't die. The snake rapped it self around the donkey, and then swallowed him whole. Fritz went out and shot the snake. A couple days later, they all were out hunting, when Ernest came screaming back, because there were 2 bears. The guys got their guns, then shot them both dead. They family made coats, gloves, beds and food out of them. Ten years had past, since they first got on the island. Fritz had came back from searching, and had pearls and a note that said someone else was trapped on the island. They found the lost person on the island, and her name was Emily. An English ship arrives, and they offered to take the family home with Emily and the crew. The family loved their new home, do the go? To find out, you must read The Swiss Family Robinson.

I LOVED this book, because it was really fascinating, the family had to move their home a couple times, they found animals they haven't seen before. It was a really good book! For example when the snake wraps itself around the donkey, you would think the donkey would stay alive, well you would be wrong! This book was really good!

Samantha