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Last updated September 21, 2021
I Survived True Stories
Tarshis, Lauren.
Four new harrowing true stories of real kids who have survived extreme challenges and disasters recount the experiences of the young survivors of the Shark Attacks of 1916, the Peshtigo fire of 1871, and a box jellyfish attack.
Check AvailabilityThe Wild Robot
Brown, Peter
Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.
Check AvailabilityBound By Ice
Wallace, Sandra Neil
In the years following the Civil War, "Arctic fever" gripped the American public, fueled by myths of a fertile, tropical sea at the top of the world. Several explorers attempted to find a route to the North Pole, but none succeeded. Bound by Ice follows the journey of George Washington De Long and the crew of the USS Jeannette, who departed San Francisco in the summer of 1879 hoping to find a route to the North Pole. However, in mid-September the ship became locked in ice north of Siberia and drifted for nearly two years before it was crushed by ice and sank. De Long and his men escaped the ship and began a treacherous journey in extreme polar conditions in an attempt to reach civilization. Many, including De Long, did not survive. A riveting true-life adventure, Bound by Ice includes excerpts from De Long's extensive journals, which were recovered with his body; newspapers from the time; and photos and sketches by the men on the expedition.
Check AvailabilityThe Explorer
Rundell, Katherine
Left stranded in the Amazon jungle when their plane crashes on their way back to England from Manaus, Brazil, four children struggle to survive for days until one of them finds a map that leads them to a ruined city and a secret hidden among the vines.
Check AvailabilityAvalanche!
Johnson, Terry Lynn
Twelve-year-old twins Ashley and Ryan are skiing with their parents in Wyoming's Grand Teton Mountains where there is a ground-shaking rumble. Unstable snow rushes downhill and buries them in icy white. It will take all of their knowledge and grit to survive.
Check AvailabilityDeep Water
Key, Watt
When a dive off the coast of Alabama goes horribly wrong, twelve-year-old Julie and one of her father's scuba clients struggle to survive after reaching an abandoned oil rig.
Check AvailabilityLifeboat 12
Hood, Susan
In 1940, a group of British children, their escorts, and some sailors struggle to survive in a lifeboat when the ship taking them to safety in Canada is torpedoed. Includes historical notes.
Check AvailabilitySmall Spaces
Arden, Katherine
After eleven-year-old Ollie's school bus mysteriously breaks down on a field trip, she has to take a trip through scary woods, and must use all of her wits to survive. She must stick to small spaces"--
Check AvailabilitySmall Spaces
Arden, Katherine
After eleven-year-old Ollie's school bus mysteriously breaks down on a field trip, she has to take a trip through scary woods, and must use all of her wits to survive. She must stick to small spaces"--
Check AvailabilityI Survived The Battle Of D-Day, 1944
Tarshis, Lauren
A fictional survival story celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Normandy landings. When Paul, a French boy living in a Nazi controlled village, finds an American paratrooper in a tree near his home, he has a chance to play a role in the Allies plan to crush the Nazis.
Check AvailabilityDisaster On The Titanic
Messner, Kate
This time the mysterious box transports the golden retriever Ranger back to the shipyards of Belfast in 1912, where a ship is being prepared for her maiden voyage, and when he saves young Patrick Murphy from being crushed by falling boards, Ranger expects to be transported home; when he is not, he knows that somehow his job is not finished--but then, Ranger has never heard of the Titanic, and knows nothing of the fate that awaits Patrick, and all the other people on board.
Check AvailabilityA Wolf Called Wander
Parry, Rosanne
A young wolf cub, separated from his pack, journeys 1000 miles across the Pacific Northwest, dealing with forest fires, hunters, highways, and hunger before finding a new home. Based on the true story of a wolf called OR-7"--
Check AvailabilityDead Voices
Arden, Katherine
Trapped at a haunted ski resort, Ollie, Coco, and Brian must rely on their friendship and sharp minds if they want to escape"--
Check AvailabilityWildfire
Philbrick, W. R.
Thirteen-year-old Sam Castine is at summer camp while his mother is in rehab, but when the camp is evacuated ahead of a fast moving wildfire, he makes the mistake of going back for his phone, and finds himself left behind, disoriented, and running for hislife, together with a girl, Delphy, from a different camp--finding an old jeep keeps them going, but in the wilds of Maine, there are only logging roads and the deadly crown fire is everywhere.
Check AvailabilityThe Disaster Days
Behrens, Rebecca
Thirteen-year-old Hannah's first real babysitting job turns into a nightmare when a major earthquake knocks out power and phones, cuts off the island, and leaves her stranded with two children.
Check AvailabilityRunning Wild
Bledsoe, Lucy Jane
When living in the Alaskan wilderness with her survivalist father becomes intolerable, 12-year-old Willa sets out on a journey of escape with her younger brothers"--
Check AvailabilityScary Stories For Young Foxes
Heidicker, Christian McKay
A collection of six connected stories that follows a group of fox kits as they fight to survive in an unforgiving wilderness"--
Check AvailabilityI Survived The Sinking Of The Titanic, 1912
Ball, Georgia
Ten-year-old George Calder can't wait to explore every inch of the Titanic, even if his little sister, Phoebe, has to tag along. But when George sneaks away without her and ventures into the first class baggage room, a terrible boom shakes the entire boat. Suddenly, water is everywhere, and George's life changes forever"--Provided by publisher.
Check AvailabilityCould You Escape A Deserted Island?
Hoena, Blake
When an adventure at sea goes awry, the reader's choices determine if survival is possible for two friends marooned on a desert island with a deflated raft and few supplies.
Check AvailabilityCould You Escape Alcatraz?
Braun, Eric
You, the reader, are a prisoner in the infamous Alcatraz Penitentiary. Make choices as you read along to discover if your escape is possible.
Check AvailabilityCould You Escape The Tower Of London?
Hoena, Blake
Your survival depends on making the right choices at key moments when you are eager to escape from the Tower of London.
Check AvailabilityCould You Escape The Paris Catacombs?
Doeden, Matt
Your survival depends on making the right choices at key moments when you are lost in the catacombs of Paris.
Check AvailabilityJune's Wild Flight
Brallier, Max
While the kids plan their next move, an unexpected threat emerges and June gets separated from her friends, dragged miles away from Wakefield to a town overgrown with monstrous vines and never-before-seen creatures. Drawing on her post-apocalyptic survival and action skills--and with the help of some odd new companions--June attempts to make her way back home. But not before she uncovers critical information about the mysterious "Tower." Information that the future of our world may hinge upon . . .
Check AvailabilityFollow The River
Greci, Paul.
When Billy and his dad are injured, Tom summons the courage to get back on the water to save them. This time, he must travel in a rickety old homemade canoe through the Alaska wilderness to get help. But it’s not just the canoe and the terrain he has to worry about—he’s surrounded by adversaries. Are his skills enough to fight them off or will his journey be cut short and Billy and his father left stranded?-- Publisher description.
Check AvailabilityI Survived The California Wildfires, 2018
Tarshis, Lauren
Traces the story of a boy who moves across the country to rural northern California, where his efforts to adjust are challenged by a fast-moving firestorm that places family homes and lives at risk.
Check AvailabilityA Whale Of The Wild
Parry, Rosanne
For [the killer whale] Vega and her family, salmon is life. And Vega is learning to be a salmon finder, preparing for the day when she will be her family's matriarch. But then she and her brother Deneb are separated from their pod when a devastating earthquake and tsunami render the seascape unrecognizable. Vega must use every skill she has to lead her brother back to their family. The young orcas face a shark attack, hunger, the deep ocean, and polluted waters on their journey. Will Vega become the leader she's destined to be?"--Publisher's description.
Check AvailabilityRed Fox Road
Greenslade, Frances
Francie and her parents are on a spring road trip: driving from British Columbia, Canada, to hike in the Grand Canyon. When a shortcut leads them down an old logging road, disaster strikes. Their truck hits a rock and wipes out the oil pan. They are stuck in the middle of nowhere. Francie can't help feeling a little excited -- she'd often imagined how she'd survive if she got stranded in the bush, and now here they are. But will her survival skills -- building fires, gathering dandelion leaves and fir needles for tea -- be enough when hours stretch into days?
Check AvailabilityDistress Signal
Lambert, Mary E.
Lavender and the rest of the sixth-graders are on a camping trip to the Chiricahua wilderness, but the trip seems cursed from the start, and when a flash flood splits the group up Lavender finds herself lost, together with her former best friend Marisol, mean-girl Rachelle, and a boy John who has been behaving like a surly jerk since the start--they have only one pack of supplies and only the most basic wilderness knowledge, but if they are to survive they need to put their differences aside and work as a team or all that will be left of them are their sun-bleached bones.
Check AvailabilityKids' Survival Guide
Hubbard, Ben
Presents tips and tricks on how to survive in various outdoor environments. Includes quizzes and glossary.
Check AvailabilityIn A Flash
Napoli, Donna Jo
Caught in Japan and separated from their father when World War II begins, Italian sisters Simona, thirteen, and Carolina, ten, embark on a trying journey hoping to reach safety. Includes historical notes.
Check AvailabilityThe Lion Of Mars
Holm, Jennifer L.
Bell has spent his whole life - all eleven years of it - on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid - he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why they don't have contact with anyoneon the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell to uncover the truth and save his family ... and possibly unite an entire planet"--
Check AvailabilityThe Lion Of Mars
Holm, Jennifer L.
Bell has spent his whole life - all eleven years of it - on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid - he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why they don't have contact with anyoneon the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell to uncover the truth and save his family ... and possibly unite an entire planet"--
Check AvailabilityThe Last Kids On Earth
Brallier, Max
An anthology of six original Last Kids short stories, designed to bridge the gap between books 6 and 7, features contributions by prominent graphic artists and finds Jack and his friends spinning yarns about their over-the-top post-apocalyptic adventures.
Check AvailabilityTrail Trouble
Maddox, Jake
The Keys family is vacationing at Shenandoah National Park intending to do some serious hiking, but twelve-year-old Marlon would much rather be on his phone talking with his friends at home in Chicago, and is further annoyed because the girl his own age, Nadia, turns out to be an experienced hiker; but when on the first day his complaining and resistance separates him from his parents his "boring" vacation becomes an exercise in survival as he and Nadia are caught in a storm.
Check AvailabilityAlone
Freeman, Megan E.
When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's alone - left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned. With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive on her own. Her only companions are a Rottweiler named George and all the books she can read. After a rough start, Maddie learns to trust her own ingenuity and invents clever ways to survive in a place that has been deserted and forgotten.
Check AvailabilityJurassic World Camp Cretaceous
Behling, Steve
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous...follows a group of six teenagers chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime experience at a new adventure camp on the opposite side of Isla Nublar--the home of the Jurassic World theme park. But when dinosaurs wreak havoc across the island, the campers are stranded. Unable to reach the outside world, they'll need to go from strangers to friends to family if they're going to survive."--Amazon.com.
Check AvailabilityJurassic World, Camp Cretaceous
Behling, Steve
A deluxe junior novelization based on Season Three of the hit Netflix series follows the experiences of six teens who must overcome their differences when they become stranded at a dinosaur-overrun adventure camp neighboring the Jurassic World theme park."--Amazon.com.
Check AvailabilityJurassic World, Camp Cretaceous
Behling, Steve
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous--the exciting new television series on Netflix--follows a group of six teenagers chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime experience at a new adventure camp on the opposite side of Isla Nublar--the home of the Jurassic World theme park. But when dinosaurs wreak havoc across the island, the campers are stranded. Unable to reach the outside world, they'll need to go from strangers to friends to family if they're going to survive. Told from dino-nerd Darius's point of view, this action-packed novelization expands on the amazing first season of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous and features eight pages of full color images! Jurassic world." -- Publisher annotation.
Check AvailabilityScary Stories For Young Foxes
Heidicker, Christian McKay.
Cozy and her littermates are driven from their suburban den because something is killing the foxes in their area, and so they travel to a strange new world, the City, to confront a new set of dangers, where they meet 0-370, an injured fox who has escapedfrom a fur farm and who gives them a new mission--return to the farm, defeat the humans, and free the caged foxes.
Check AvailabilityI Survived The Galveston Hurricane, 1900
Tarshis, Lauren
The city of Galveston, Texas, was booming. Perched on an island off the southern coast of Texas, Galveston had been founded in the 1830s. By 1900, it was Texas's richest and most important city. Boats loaded up with American cotton and wheat steamed from Galveston to countries around the world. Arriving ships were crowded with immigrants. The streets, paved with crushed oyster shells, sparkled like they'd been sprinkled with diamonds. True, this glittering city was prone to flooding. But just a few years before, a weather forecaster had said the idea of a hurricane striking Galveston was absurd. So when a storm started brewing on September 8, 1900, no one believed it would be any worse than previous storms. They gathered on the beach to cheer on the wild waves. But what started as entertainment soon turned into a nightmare as those wild waves crashed into the city. By morning, hundreds of homes were destroyed. Eight thousand people were dead. The city had all but disappeared,
Check AvailabilityThe Last Kids On Earth And The Doomsday Race
Brallier, Max
This much-anticipated seventh book in the best-selling series finds Jack, Quint, June and Dirk continuing their journey with new friends, new stakes and a new ride.
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