Mia, a wealthy teenager, recounts her story of being stranded on a deserted island with her parents' employee, Dominic, and a stowaway, Gavin. Mia's family is wealthy due to her parents' renewable energy company, but she feels sheltered and wants to prove her independence. She took her parents on a vacation using her own earnings from a handmade jewelry business, but their sailboat encounters a storm, and they are separated from the others.
Mia and Dominic work together to survive on the island, and Mia learns about Dominic's difficult past and his dreams of starting his own sailing business. As they spend more time together, Mia develops feelings for Dominic, but their time on the island is cut short when a helicopter arrives to rescue them.
Before leaving the island, Mia confronts her parents about secretly buying her jewelry, and she asks them to stop. She realizes that she needs to find her own path and prove herself. With Dominic's help, Mia is determined to make her jewelry business a success and pursue her dreams.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The narrator, Mia, grew up in a wealthy family in Greece.
2. Her parents founded a renewable energy company before she was born.
3. Mia had a successful handmade jewelry business that she started herself.
4. She designed jewelry as a way to prove her independence from her parents.
5. Mia's parents had contracts with governments all over the world.
6. Mia's life was very sheltered, and she had servants to do tasks for her.
7. Mia's dad hired bodyguards to protect her when she started high school.
8. The bodyguards made it difficult for Mia to interact with boys.
9. Mia bought a sailboat to take her parents on a vacation.
10. There were only two crew members on the sailboat, the captain and his assistant, Dominic.
11. A storm hit while they were sailing, and the boat was in danger of sinking.
12. Mia's mom had a bracelet that Mia had designed and sold to a customer.
13. Mia, Dominic, and another boy, Gavin, were stranded on a deserted island after the boat sank.
14. Dominic and Gavin had a history, with Gavin treating Dominic poorly.
15. Dominic was a skilled sailor who had been working to support his family.
16. Mia and Dominic worked together to survive on the island, gathering food and building a shelter.
17. Gavin was lazy and unhelpful, often causing tension between the three.
18. Dominic got sick from eating a poisonous berry, and Mia had to find an herb to cure him.
19. A black panther appeared on the island, and Dominic saved Mia from it.
20. Gavin destroyed the raft that Mia and Dominic had built to escape the island.
21. A helicopter arrived to rescue them, and Mia used her sparkly earrings to signal for help.
22. Dominic's mom was injured, and he had to work to support his family.
23. Mia's parents were proud of her for being resourceful and independent on the island.
24. Mia told her parents to stop buying her jewelry, wanting to make it on her own.
25. Dominic offered to help Mia get real customers for her jewelry business and to invest in her sailing business.