A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.
Nim's Island is of 1 hour(s) and 36 minute(s). It is Produced By: Walden Media. It was released on 2008-04-03. It has the tagline: Be the hero of your own story. It has an average vote of 5.919 on TMDB.
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