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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Doan, Lisa.

Jack the castaway / by Lisa Doan.

p. cm — (The Berenson Schemes, #01)

Summary: Upon the death of his Aunt Julia, eleven-year-old Jack is whisked by his scheming and dreaming parents from Pennsylvania to a small Caribbean island and soon finds himself alone on a deserted island.

ISBN 978–1–4677–1076–3 (trade hard cover : alk. paper)

ISBN 978–1–4677–2421–0 (eBook)

[1. Adventure and adventurers—Fiction. 2. Castaways—Fiction. 3. Islands—Fiction. 4. Parents—Fiction. 5. Eccentrics and eccentricities—Fiction. 6. Caribbean Area—Fiction. 7. Humorous stories.] I. Title.

PZ7.D6485Jac 2014

[Fic]—dc23

2013011000

Manufactured in the United States of America

1 – SB – 12/31/13

eISBN: 978-1-4677-2421-0 (pdf)
eISBN: 978-1-4677-4032-6 (ePub)
eISBN: 978-1-4677-4031-9 (mobi)