Title: Terrific
First published: 2005
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.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Pessimism, Parrots, Fiction, Optimism, Resourcefulness, Cooperativeness, Islands, Accelerated Reader, Luck, Castaways, Friendship, Survival, Determination (Personality trait), Shipwrecks, Vacations