On the Island by Tracey Garvis Graves

Summary: "Anna Emerson is a thirty-year-old English teacher in need of adventure. Worn down by cold Chicago winters and a stagnant relationship, she jumps at the chance to spend the summer on a tropical island tutoring sixteen-year-old T. J. Callahan, who is catching up after a year spent battling cancer into remission. But en route to the Callahan's summer home their private plane crashes, stranding Anna and T.J. on an uninhabited island. And as the days turns to weeks and then to months, the challenge shifts from surviving to living together."

On the Island is one of my favorite books to re-read. Once you pick it up, you can't put it down. I adore the writing style: simple, straight-forward yet emotional and moving. When I first read it a few years ago, I stayed up way too late finishing it. I love books that hook you from the first few pages and never let you go. 

328 pages