Norah Lofts has a book about a little girl left on an island but a sea captain rescues her. Trying to think of the title. He takes her home to his wife in Holland who does not like her.

How about on the side of a mountain after a plane crash?

And I Alone Survived

Was it 'her own special island'?

Any kind of trapped or stranded would be great... I think I'll amend the detail :-)

Ruth wrote: "Was it 'her own special island'?

Any kind of trapped or stranded would be great... I think I'll amend the detail :-)"

I don't remember her own special island but I think that was a case where she returned home to an island where she grew up. I think it was Silver Nutmeg and there is another one too.

I am looking for a book I read as a boy. I have forgotten the title but it´s about two (or three) American(?) ww2 pilots who become stranded on a pacific island. I think their aircraft carrier was sunk. The title may or not contain the word ´whispering´ or something similar. Can anyone help with the title or author?

Hi Ian - I did a search for your book but Google didn't come up with anything that matches your description sorry.

I looked for ages using all sorts of words but found nothing too. Very frustrating. It´s probably not a classic but it was good. I liked the way it made a beautifull island sinister and depressing. I think they transferred fuel from one of the planes to the other so one of them could get away but it crashed. Very atmospheric. I think the ´whispering´ thing was the sound of the wind in the palms and it became some kind of symbol of their impotence and desperation.

It sounds like a good book and I know just how you feel! I had the same experience with a sci-fi novel I had read as a teenager but luckily I remembered one (unusual) word from the title and was able to track it down - it turned out to be a short story rather than a novel, so even more obscure!

Ian wrote: "I am looking for a book I read as a boy. I have forgotten the title but it´s about two (or three) American(?) ww2 pilots who become stranded on a pacific island. I think their aircraft carrier was ..."
We Thought We Heard the Angels Sing
by James C. Whittaker
???

Try Salvation on Peril Island by Nash Knight. It's a book about (among other things) a handful of plane-crash survivors stranded on a desert island in the Caribbean, with a very feelgood tone, colorful characters and plenty of wacky humor.

It says in the description Any kind of trapped or stranded ... hence my votes for The Decameron and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 😀