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Swiss Family Robinson

Emily Hutchinson

Adapts Johann Wyss's story about the adventures of a shipwrecked Swiss family as they make a new life on a tropical island that is void of human life but abundant in flora and fauna.

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The River

Gary Paulsen

Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scien

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Red Sea

Diane Tullson

Fourteen-year-old Libby is left alone on a crippled boat and her seriously injured mother after pirates attack them and kill her step-father.

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Burying the Sun

Gloria Whelan

In Leningrad in 1941, when Russia and Germany are at war, fourteen-year-old Georgi vows to help his family and his city during the terrible siege.

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Paradise City

J. B. Stephens

After half of the Earth's population is killed by a plague, seven teens find refuge in Novo Mundum, but when it becomes clear someone is passing information about the secret community to enemies, the

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The Big Empty

J. B. Stephens

After half of the world's population is killed by a plague, seven teenagers seek a better life in a nightmarish future by deciphering coded messages and trying to avoid the Slashers.

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Brian's Winter

Gary Paulsen

Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only h

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Brian's Return

Gary Paulsen

After having survived alone in the wilderness, Brian finds that he can no longer live in the city but must return to the place where he really belongs.

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Wild Trek

Jim Kjelgaard

A trapper and his dog travel into the Caribou Mountains to rescue a naturalist and a pilot whose plane has been downed in the rugged wilderness of northern Canada.

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The River

Gary Paulsen

Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scien

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