Lost on Gibbon Island by Jess Butterworth
WINNER – Big Book Award 2024:
The Last Bear meets The Life of Pi in this adventure-filled survival story set on a lush Cambodian island! Meet 12-year-old Lark, who finds herself shipwrecked with no one but a baby gibbon for company. Can she survive storms, lack of food and jelly-fish infested waters and find her way home?
‘If you’re reading this, hopefully you’ve come to rescue me. My name is Lark Taylor, and I’ve been shipwrecked on an island. The last mainland I was on was Cambodia, miles and miles away from home…’
When Lark’s mum takes her family with her on a research trip to Cambodia, Lark never expects that she’ll end up stranded on a deserted island! But that’s exactly what happens when her boat is shipwrecked.
With her only companion a baby gibbon, Lark faces many dangers – brutal storms, scorching sunshine and jellyfish-infested waters. And with dwindling food and water, she must make a plan to find her way off the island before it’s too late…
Published by Hodder Children’s Books
About the author
Jess spent her childhood between the UK and India, and grew up hearing stories about the Himalayas from her grandmother. She’s lived in India and even met with the Dalai Lama.
She studied creative writing at Bath Spa and after a few years living in Louisiana, is now back in the UK, where she lives with her husband and daughter
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I LOVED this book it was very good to read and my class was CRAZY about it !
It’s right up my alley.
It was a good book and my class was crazy for it but I didn’t understand all the excitement :/ I don’t think it is that cool but I can see people liking it. I guess it’s just my preference.
This book was AMAZING!! i think this book will top every other books because it was so greatly written and illustrated, I loved the borders on every page. I love the gibbon!
Great book 9-10 out of 10 . Will there be a second ,
I think that the best bit was when Lark saved Goldie and the book was amazing.
I loved this book, it was the best I have ever read, 100/10 score from me.
Best book I have ever read. I highly recommend. For anybody who likes adventurous books.
10\10
Great book
I loved this book because it has a beautiful layout. I really hope it wins – definitely 10/10!
This book was very good and I love the structure and how it is written as a diary. I rate it a 10/10!
Lost on Gibbon Island is a dramatic adventure book that is for children 9+. I loved it but it still isn’t my favourite.
Lost on Gibbon Island is very good and adventurous, definitely recommend!
Really nice book recommend it to other people who like drama, animals and adventures.
Amazing book, 9.9/10
Perfect Gibbon, 20/10
Overall amazing.
If you like adventure books read this.Amazing book defo 10/10.
We read this book as a class read, I was exited to read it every day I wanted to know how it ended definitely recommend. Most of our class really enjoyed it I would rate it a 9/10.
This is the best book I have ever read, I nearly went as Lark for World Book Day.
I didn’t really get into it because it was a slow read. I recommend this to people who like slow reads.
VOTE! for this book its the best I have ever read 100/10
Good book but also a bad book pretty mid
6/10
Lost on Gibbon Island is a great book. I really like how Goldie and Lark are great teammates and it’s my favourite book ever 100/10
It was a very good book it was full of laughter and funny moments but it turns dark very soon 10/10 book you should read it
Ted
Good but not a big fan
I really like this book, it took me 2 days. I really liked Goldie and I like the still of the book.
I thought it was a amazing book I would read it again.
10/10
I thought this book was really interesting. It made me think – what would it be like to actually be stranded on a desert island? I would give it a 10/10. I found it a fantastic book to read. I recommend it.
Dear Jess, your book is still my absolute favourite so far and I’ve only got 1 book left. I love lost on Gibbon Island it is fabulous 10/10.
This book is my favourite because it was just so exciting all the way through. On the front page it grabbed me to read this. Lost On Gibbon Island was my last bookfest book and it was my favourite, at the start i didn’t know if it was going to be a good book but it was an exciting read, every day was a journey until she got home. I rate this book a 10/10.
I loved this book! I would rate it 9.5/10. I was really surprised when Lark found her [SPOILER ALERT].
This is AMAZING!! The best page is always the: First, Middle and Last. The best thing about this book is the adventure and ✨EVERYTHING ✨ It’s just amazing I can’t describe how good it is. I loved all the page ideas and it would help people who did get stuck on a island so I’d keep this book with me and EVERYTHING else!! 10/10 love this book would recommend 👍🏻👍🏻
I loved this book It was my favourite of all 6! I liked how it was a diary 📔.My favourite character was the gibbon by far!🐒
I really liked this book because it’s a diary and you feel like you’re there.
I love this book I like how this book is in a diary; explains her journey ❤️
This book was by far my favourite Bookfest book because it is very adventurous and has a great story line to it. I rate this book an 11/10!
It is a great book , full of adventure. I would recommend it to people how like survival. It has got a REALLY good end to the story and gets VERY exiting.
9/10 amazing!
I love the book, very exciting it took me three days. 9/10
Lost on Gibbon island was really good. I like it about the gibbon and characters it has a good story line and it’s a good book
This book is a good book but it gets you not liking it a lot when you want to find out about how they get stranded and they don’t talk about the jelly fish a lot and it goes straight into a part when they don’t give enough descriptions about something else but it is a good book.
I liked the characters and the storyline was well thought out but it was tricky to get into and near the end the book got quite good. It was not my favourite book in the world but it was still good.
I could not get enough of it
This was the best book I’ve read and I would 100% recommend it to anyone. It needed to be a bit slower so that why it gets a 9/10.
I like Goldie the Gibbon and i like that it is like a diary. I really enjoyed the book. I would give it a 10\7, the book is great 🙂
I have read about 130 pages of this book and so far it is very good. The gibbon sounds very cute. I think I would give this and 8/10 because it is very slow and not a lot happens.
I have nearly finished this book. I’m really enjoying it, I have a strong feeling about the ending and I’m looking forward to finding out what happens. Great book!
This was my favourite book because it was exciting and had an interesting adventure. I would rate it 10/10.
This was my favourite Bookfest book it was exciting and a great book to I wold give it 10/10.
The gibbon is so cute.
Good
I love the book. It was a very good book,I would rate it a 10/10 keep writing lol
I enjoyed reading this book but it was not one of favourites. I have read a book with a similar plot which reduced my interest 8/10
This book was perhaps a little too long for me. I thought it was very intriguing because it was based on real events. I found it to be quite inspiring.
Until I got up to about page 100, I found it rather hard to get into, but after that it got going and was an exciting adventure.
Less pictures on the side
This book was very detailed and I loved the storyline. I think that Jess was very clever to think of such a good plot but I also think that Rob did a very good job with the illustrations. This is one of my favourite books out of all of them. I will definitely be putting votes on this book.
Amazing book 7/10
GOLDIE! GOLDIE! GOLDIE! GOLDIE! And Lark too but…
GOLDIE THE GREAT GIBBON!
Good book Jess 🙂
Absolutely fantastic!
My favourite book so far. Definitely getting all of my votes. Big fan of the way Jess writes, amazing.
Also I watch a lot of Rob’s drawing videos and think he’s amazing!
For everyone who loves this book reply to this comment! A book you never want to put down!
Lost on Gibbon Island is a SPECTACULAR! I very much enjoyed this book, the style in which it is written is very cool. I am pretty sure that it is my favourite book out of the 4 I have read so far.
Lost on Gibbon Island is AMAZING! I love this book, the style in which it is written in is very cool. I think that it is my favourite book out of the four I have read so far. The ending is one of my favourite parts. The only thing wrong with it for me is that you cant put it down!
An amazing book, I love how it is in the style of a diary, and once I started I couldn’t put it down. It went a bit slowly although I still give it 9/10.
I think that the author must be very talented to write abook this detailed. Personally, this has to be the best book out of the shortlist. I loved the plot and all of the characters, not forgetting Goldie the gibbon. 😉
I thought it was a really good book and I really liked it and it told a very good adventure.
9/10
This book is incredible , I love monkeys they’re my favourite animal. I love diary entries too because they’re nice to read.
I think that the author must be very talented to write abook this detailed. Personally, this has to be the best book out of the shortlist. I loved the plot and all of the charactars, not forgetting Goldie the gibbon. 😉 🙂
I really like Gibbon Island because it’s really interesting and I love the part when Lark is playing with Goldie the gibbon in the trees swinging from branch to branch.
I loved Goldie and Lark in it and how they were stranded on an island trying to survive, and find clean water. I think that this book was brilliant; I couldn’t put it down, even for teatime!
This was our favourite book out of all 6. Really enjoyed the brief description and how you could picture the jungle with the incredible wildlife. We could definitely tell that the author, Jess Butterworth, had been through a similar experience because of the realism of the storyline and its perfect structure. We would give it a 9/10…incredible!
nice monkey
It’s a gibbon actually, no, a baby gibbon
I love ittt! The baby gibbon is super cute!❤
nice gibbon
It’s a book you don’t want to put down
Lost on Gibbon Island is an adventure book people that like adventure would like.
I really enjoyed this book. The lore behind the book reveals how this book was written and brainstormed. I give this book a 10/10.
This book is amazing. I think the description is great. I love the way it’s set out. I would like to read this again. I could see the photos in my head. This the the best book I’ve ever read !!!!!!!!!
I can’t wait to read it! I think it will be good
It was adventurous and beautiful, it was ok 7/10.
Good book, not the best though but the illustrations were really cool.
I thought this book was very good, the descriptive language was amazing and I like how it is written in the style of Larks’ diary and Belladonna the jellyfish made me laugh. Keep writing Jess!!!!
I really love how Lark gets stuck on an island with the most cutest gibbon ever – Goldie. I would give it 10000000000000000000000000/10!
A fun great book, quite big but achievable.
Adventurous book, Lark is very convincing as a character. I liked how it was written as a diary. I would give it 10/10!
This is a very good book, I love the diary style and how it is on the island and gets straight into the action.
Rufus: Lost on Gibbon Island is a really good book. I would recommend it to stronger readers because it was a bit challenging, but if you are feeling up to give it a go. I rate it: 9/10
Sam: It is a good book, it sets the scene, it cuts to the chase because Lark is immediately on the island. 7/10
I loved this really clever design I loved how the back story came in and faded. It would make a good film.
8.59/10
It was good to read but I didn’t enjoy how hard it was and really struggled with it but persevered and loved it in the end.
I really like Lost on Gibbon Island because I liked how stuff I have do today also I love how they included the animals and I loved the description.
Agreed
It was adventurous and beautiful.
Very good if not brilliant.
Lark is convincing.