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SURVIVAL STORIES
Themes include man vs. nature, man vs. man, man vs. society, man vs. himself
| FIC MIK | Miklowitz, Gloria | After the Bomb | Nuclear warfare results |
| FIC PAU | Paulsen, Gary | Brian's Return | City life vs. wilderness |
| FIC PAU | Paulsen, Gary | Brian's Winter | Alternate ending for Hatchet |
| FIC LON | London, Jack | Call of the Wild | Classic! H.S. reading level |
| FIC TAY | Taylor, Theodore | The Cay | WWII time period |
| FIC MYE | Myers, Edward | Climb or Die | Colorado mountains after auto accident, |
| FIC PAU | Paulsen, Gary | The Crossing | El Paso-Juarez setting |
| FIC HOB | Hobbs, Will | Crossing the Wire | Illegal crossing of the Mexico border into the U.S. |
| FIC HOB | Hobbs, Will | Downriver | Wilderness survival school trip in Grand Canyon |
| FIC KOR | Korman, Gordon | Escape | Ship wreck (Series:Island) |
| FIC HAU | Hausman, Gerald | Escape from Botany Bay | Australian penal colony family escape H.S. reading level |
| FIC HOB | Hobbs, Will | Far North | Canadian wilderness post air crash |
| FIC AND | Anderson, Laure Halse | Fever 1793 | Yellow fever epidemic |
| FIC HOU | Houston, James A. | Frozen Fire | Arctic storm search |
| FIC NEL | Nelson, O.T. | Girl Who Owned a City | A world without adults |
| FIC COL | Cole, Brock | The Goats | Surviving the island; surviving friendship |
| FIC STR | Strasser, Todd | Grizzly Attack | Trip to the mountain cabin is anything but fun |
| FIC PAU | Paulsen, Gary | Hatchet | All-time favorite survival in the mountains story! |
| FIC PAU | Paulsen, Gary | The Haymeadow | Lessons learned during Wyoming ranch summer |
| FIC VOI | Voight, Cynthis | Homecoming | Children search for family |
| FIC KEE | Keehn, Sally M. | I am Regina | French & Indian War, captive young girl |
| FIC ODE | O'Dell, Scott | Island of the Blue Dolphins | Classic! California coast |
| FIC GEO | George, Jean Craighead | Julie of the Wolves | Another classic! Runaway in Alaska |
| FIC MAR | Martel, Yann | Life of Pi | young boy, caged wildlife and a shipwreck YA audience |
| FIC GOL | Golding, William | Lord of the Flies | High school classic; colony of plane crash young boys |
| FIC GEO | George, Jean Craighead | My Side of the Mountain | Another classic! Boy alone |
| FIC FRE | French, Michael | Pursuit | Teen tries to flee pursuer |
| FIC PAU | Paulsen, Gary | The River | Teaching survival |
| FIC VAN | Van Draanen, Wendelin | Runaway | A journal of survival |
| FIC MCK | McKernan, Victoria | Shackleton's Stowaway | Fictional account of the Antarctic expedition |
| FIC SPE | Speare, Elizabeth George | The Sign of the Beaver | Classic! Indians teach young boy survival skills |
| FIC MAZ | Mazer, Harry | Snowbound | Two teens and a snowstorm |
| FIC WHI | White, Andrea | Surviving Antarctica | Reality TV to the South Pole |
| Tolan, Stephanie S. | Surviving the Applewhites | Boy discovers himself by surviving the creative academy | |
| FIC WYS | Wyss, Johann David | Swiss Family Robinson | Classic! Shipwreck and tree house living! |
| FIC SMI | Smith, Roland | Thunder Cave | Trip to Africa in search of father |
| FIC MIK | Mikaelson | Touching Spirit Bear | Alternative sentencing adventure in Alaska |
| FIC HIL | Hill, Kirkpatrick | Toughboy and Sister | Dysfunctional family issues |
| Smelser, John | The Trap | Alaska setting | |
| Z for Zachariah | |||
