Stranded

From the Emmy-Award winning host of Survivor, Jeff Probst with Middle School: The Worst Years of My Lifeco-author Chris Tebbetts comes a brand new family adventure series! A family vacation becomes a game of survival! When Vanessa and Buzz's dad marries Carter and Jane's mom, the kids have a hard time getting along. Their parents decide to send them on a sailing trip with Uncle Dex so they can get to know one another better. Little do they know that whether or not they come together as a family will soon be a matter of life or death.... Without warning, a storm hits, separating the kids from Uncle Dex and shipwrecking them on a deserted island. Now the four siblings must somehow find a way to work together if they want to make it off the island. But first, they've got to learn to survive one another.

Jeff Probst is the multi-Emmy award winning host and executive producer of the popular series Survivor. His syndicated daily talk show, the Jeff Probst Show, begins in Fall 2012.

In 2009, Probst partnered with Mark Burnett as creator and executive producer for "Live for the Moment," for CBS, which featured a person with a daunting diagnosis who wants to live the best life possible and fulfill their dreams. In 2007, Probst founded The Serpentine Project, a non-profit organization designed to help young adults transition out of the foster care system.  In 2011, they joined forces with the larger non-profit organization Alliance for Children’s Rights, which has provided 100,000 kids in L.A. with free legal assistance and advocacy.  Each season, Survivor memorabilia is auctioned off and, to date, the auctions have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the organization.

A native of Wichita, Kan., Probst is married and lives in Los Angeles with his wife and 2 children when not traveling the world.  He can be followed on twitter @jeffprobst and online at www.jeffprobst.com

Chris Tebbetts is the New York Times bestselling co-author of James Patterson's Middle School series. Originally from Yellow Spring, Ohio, Tebbetts is a graduate of Northwester University. He lives and writes in Vermont.