I see… you’re telling me that some odd number of kids, with the oldest being about 13yrs old and the youngest at about 6yrs old are surviving on an island without any medical capabilities and only one having some general knowledge? As well as that they’ve been there for months at least? Well, something unnatural is afoot, they wouldn’t have lasted that long otherwise.

1.   Complete lack of medicinal knowledge or abilities

The fact that none of them have any idea of medicine would mean that a simple scratch or wound would easily be fatal, and the book mentions that people are defecating anywhere as well as only having a water bath for cleaning themselves.

2.   Only one person has general knowledge and awareness

Only one of the kids has some general intellect and understanding of how things work, as well as knowledge of what is needed to be done in order to survive. However, he is for the most part ignored because he doesn’t do any manual labor, even if he’s trying to make simple, yet helpful technology