Review by Booklist Review
Unabashedly aimed at armchair survivors only, this brief entry in the Prepare to Survive series blithely shows readers washed up alone on a tropical island how easy it is to find water, build a platform shelter, catch fish (or, failing that, bugs), start a fire, and contact rescuers. The frequent illustrations feature color photos of hunky men and members of the cast of the TV show Survivor, plus occasional simplified diagrams of a solar still, the correct way to escape quicksand, and the like. More practical advice about what to do when lost can be found online, in scouting manuals, and in handbooks like Guy Campbell's The Boys' Book of Survival(2007), but this will be good for quick flights of fancy.--Peters, John Copyright 2009 Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
