Chris (RTL) Tait; Jamel (ILT) Akib An easy-to-read edition of the classic 1812 tale of survival follows the adventures of a Swiss pastor, his wife, and their four sons who are shipwrecked on a tropical island. An abridged version of the story that relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.