Kensuke's Kingdom is a modern day Robinson Crusoe, written by one of Canada's best children's authors.11 year old Michael is washed up on the shore of a remote pacific island after a freak storm sweeps him off his parents' small sailboat. With no food or water to be found, Michael has resigned himself to a lonely death. Amazingly, when he wakes a mysterious person has left food and water for him! He soon comes face-to-face with Kensuke, an old Japanese soldier who cautiously protects Michael in spite of the boy's dogged determination to build a bonfire that will signal potential rescuers, defying Kensuke's wish that the outside world never learn of his existence on the island. For nearly a year, the man and boy help each other, moving from an uneasy d‚tente to a deep friendship. What might have been just a gritty tale of survival evolves into a gentle parable about trust, compassion, love, and hope.
Fiction
Grades 4-8
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