David Fox reading challenge 1
Forbidden Island by Malcom Rose
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Challenge Text
It was crazy but, as they got closer, no one could deny that they were approaching an island. It wasn’t enormous and it certainly wasn’t mountainous, but it was there. At a distance, there were no signs of life. No trees, no houses, no movement. There didn’t seem to be any beaches either. It was just a low dome of rock with patchy yellowed grass.
Over and over again Hugh glanced at the electronic chart as if land might magically appear on it. But it didn’t. He pressed a few buttons on the control panel and then shook his head in disbelief. “That’s the satellite image of where we are. Nothing. I mean, how can a whole island – it must be a couple of kilometres across – not show up? That’s not right.”
