Bird of Paradise — Elaine Harper

To get Lindalee away from a fast crowd, her parents shipped her off to the jungles of Papua, New Guinea, on a research project with her naturalist aunt and uncle and a group of teenagers. This was hardly Lindalee's idea of a great way to spend a summer, especially after she'd met the other members of the expedition. Gradually, however, she began to fall in love with the beautiful island, and even started to like some of the other kids, especially Bob Brewster, even though he seemed to have a knack for getting them both in trouble.
Isn't it nice that sometimes parents know best ?