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• Lily and the Great Quake

  a San Francisco Earthquake Survival Story

  Bybee, Veeda,

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  Lily is the oldest of the three children in her Chinese American family living in San Francisco when the 1906 earthquake hits; her family has survived the quake, but as the city starts to burn, Lily and her younger brother are separated…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Red Fox Road

  Greenslade, Frances, 1961-

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  Francie and her parents are on a spring road trip driving from British Columbia, Canada, to hike in the Grand Canyon when disaster strikes. Their truck hits a rock and wipes out the oilpan. They are stuck in the middle of nowhere. Her dad…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Brother's Keeper

  Lee, Julie (Children's fiction writer),

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  Twelve-year-old Sora and her eight-year-old brother, Youngsoo, must try to escape North Korea's oppressive Communist regime on their own in 1950. Includes historical notes, photographs of the author's mother, glossary of Korean words, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Skeleton Tree

  Lawrence, Iain, 1955-

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  Chris and Frank's sailing vessel sinks and they are the only survivors in the wilds of Alaska. They must build a relationship to survive although they don't like each other at all.

• Falcon Wild

  Johnson, Terry Lynn

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  Thirteen-year-old Karma lives with her family at their raptor conservation center in Montana. When she has to take her beloved bird, Stark, the gyrfalcon she rescued, back to its owner, she's sorely disappointed. But things get worse when…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Across the Desert

  Bowling, Dusti,

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  While using a public library computer to find help for her mother who is addicted to pain medicine, twelve-year-old Jolene witnesses a friend's livestreamed crash-landing in the Arizona desert and embarks on a journey to rescue her.

• The Only Road

  Diaz, Alexandra,

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  Everyone in Jaime's small town in Guatemala knows someone who has been killed by the Alphas, a powerful gang that's known for violence and drug trafficking. Miguel, Jaime's cousin and best friend, was killed and Jaime fears that he is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hear the Wolves

  Scott, Victoria (Young adult author),

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  Sloan Riley is a skilled hunter, but since her mother left, and she lost hearing in one ear, she has clung to her father and older sister, so waking up and discovering they have left her for a few days terrifies her--but when an autumn…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Alone

  Freeman, Megan E,

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wild Robot

  Brown, Peter, 1979-

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  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.

• Shipwreck!

  Wishinsky, Frieda

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  At 1:55 AM on the morning of May 29, 1914, two young friends, Grace and Albert stand on the deck of the Empress of Ireland, a ship sailing from Canada to Liverpool, England. But excitement soon turns to terror, as the friends feel a sharp…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Storm Too Soon

  a Remarkable True Survival Story in 80-foot Seas

  Tougias, Mike, 1955-

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  When a forty-seven-foot sailboat disappears in the Gulf Stream in the throes of a calamitous storm, it leaves behind three weary passengers struggling to stay alive afloat a life raft in violent waves 80 feet tall

• I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916

  Tarshis, Lauren

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  In July, 1916, Chet Roscow is fascinated by news accounts of the great white shark said to be attacking people along the New Jersey shore not far from his home, but when he goes swimming in Matawan Creek he discovers the truth of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kensuke's Kingdom

  Morpurgo, Michael

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  When Michael's parents lose their jobs, they buy a boat and decide to sail around the world with their son and their beloved dog. It's an ideal trip - until Michael is swept overboard. He's washed up on an island, where he struggles to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ice Island

  Shahan, Sherry

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  Thirteen-year-old Tatum's dream of competing in the grueling 1,049-mile Iditerod Trail Sled Dog Race may be at an end when she becomes lost in a freak snowstorm during a training run on Alaska's remote Santa Ysabel Island.

• Ice Dogs

  Johnson, Terry Lynn

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  In this survival story set in Alaska, fourteen-year-old Vicky and her dog sled team find an injured sledder in the wilderness.

• Lost in the Backyard

  Hughes, Alison, 1966-,

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  Flynn hates the outdoors. Always has. He barely pays attention in his Outdoor Ed class. He has no interest in doing a book report on Lost in the Barrens . He doesn't understand why anybody would want to go hiking or camping. But when he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Trail

  Hashimoto, Meika,

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  Toby and his friend Lucas made a list of things to do the summer before they entered middle school, but now Lucas is gone, and Toby sets out to fulfill the promise he made to his friend, to finish the list by hiking the Appalachian Trail…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Canyon's Edge

  Bowling, Dusti,

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  A year after the death of her mother in a restaurant shooting, Nora is left struggling to stay alive when a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong.

• Overboard !

  Johnson, Terry Lynn

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  Eleven-year-old Travis and twelve-year-old Stacey, separated from their families after being thrown into the Atlantic off the coast of Washington, battle hypothermia as they struggle to survive. Includes Coast Guard-approved cold-water…Read moreRead more of this annotation