Shipwrecked . . .
It's a beautiful, sunny day when a group from Sweet Valley High sets sail for a special science field trip. Jessica Wakefield is looking forward to a few hours of sunbathing and flirting while her twin sister, Elizabeth, can't wait to get to the deserted Anacapa Island to study the marine life. Neither of them could have imagined the nightmare the trip will become.
On the way back from the island, a violent storm sets in, and the group is forced to abandon ship in the middle of a raging sea. Then, when the lifeboat carrying Jessica and Winston Egbert capsizes, they dissapear into the fog.
After the storm clears, Jessica's life preserver turns up. And soon the Coast Guard sopts the missing lifeboat - but it's empty! Will Jessica and Winston ever be found?
A huge swell hit Jessica and Winston's lifeboat. Winston's knees buckled, and he lost his balance. Jessica tried her hardest to steady the boat, but it was no use. As Winston fell heavily to one side, it capsized!
The last thing Jessica saw was the look of terror Elizabeth's eyes.
She tried to hang on to the overturned lifeboat, but her hands slipped off the slick rubber. Jessica felt as helpless as a rag doll when a churning wave hit her full force and carried her away from the lifeboat.
The wave passed over her, and she treaded water for a minute, gasping for breath. Her eyes stinging from the salt and the driving rain, she peered around her through the fog. She couldn't see far, but all she could see was ocean. Winston, the lifeboat, and the rest of her class were gone.
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