Nim's Island

Nim's Island

Family Nim lives on a lush South Pacific island with her father Jack, where he studies plankton while the youngster amuses herself with her animal chums. In quieter moments, Nim loves to settle down with the latest Alex Rover book, following the escapades of the eponymous gung-ho hero who travels round the world hunting for treasure. When Jack is lost at sea, Nim sends an urgent SOS to the writer of the books, Alexandra Rover, who is actually agoraphobic and compulsive obsessive, and lives in San Francisco, far from the tropical locations that she writes about with such verve and imagination.