LibraryAware Tween Survival

The wild robot
by Peter Brown

Initializing for the first time on a remote island where she is all alone, Roz the robot learns survival strategies from the island's hostile animals and finally gains acceptance when she cares for an orphaned gosling. By the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of Creepy Carrots!. Simultaneous eBook. 35,000 first printing.

The disaster days
by Rebecca Behrens

A 12-year-old girl finds the limits of her babysitting skills tested by a massive earthquake that knocks out the power and destroys property throughout her city, leaving her two young charges completely dependent on her for survival.

Red Fox Road
by Frances Greenslade

A thirteen-year-old girl on a family vacation becomes stranded alone in the wilderness when the family's GPS leads them astray.

Clan
by Sigmund Brouwer

Part survival story, part animal-human friendship story and part redemption story, Clan follows the journey of Atlatl and the saber tooth cub he rescues from a dire wolf attack.

The canyon's edge
by Dusti Bowling

Accompanying her father on a slot-canyon expedition in the Arizona desert a year after a random shooting changed their family forever, Nora is separated from her father and their supplies by a flash flood and must navigate the deadly natural hazards of the desert to survive. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.

Northwind
by Gary Paulsen

Forced to take to the water after a deadly plague wipes out his fishing village, Leif connects to the heartbeat of the ocean and the pulse of the landscape as he discovers his truest self. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.

The skeleton tree
by Iain Lawrence

Surviving a shipwreck along the Alaskan coast, 12-year-old Chris struggles to find food and shelter alongside a prickly boy and a friendly raven as the salmon migration ends and dangerous cold weather sets in. By the award-winning author of Gemini Summer. Simultaneous eBook.

96 miles
by J. L. Esplin

The sons of a survivalist father are robbed of their supplies when they are home alone during a massive blackout that tests the limits of their skills and sense of morality. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.

The secret deep
by Lindsay Galvin

Awakening stranded on a tropical island with no memory of what happened, Aster investigates a secret underwater world to find her missing sister, while Sam connects their disappearance to suspicious events in his own life.

Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell

A young Indian girl learns the art of survival when she is stranded on an isolated Pacific island

Swallow's dance
by Wendy Orr

Leira is training to be a priestess, but after an earthquake on her island forces her and her family to flee to Crete, there is a volcanic eruption that destroys the island and a tsunami that throws Crete into chaos, as she and her mother struggle to survive

A world below
by Wesley King

Mr. Baker's eighth grade class thought they were in for a normal field trip to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, but their journey takes a terrifying turn when an earthquake hits and the students are plunged into a frigid underground lake, forcing them to fight for survival and find their way back above ground

Terror at Bottle Creek
by Watt Key

When a Category 3 hurricane hits the Gulf Coast, 13-year-old Cort is trapped in the lower Alabama wilderness with two other young survivors and finds the skills he learned from his hunting and swamp lore expert father put to the ultimate test. By the award-winning author of Alabama Moon. Simultaneous eBook.

The big dark
by W. R. Philbrick

When a solar event knocks out the planet's entire electrical network, young Charlie watches his neighborhood spiral into brutal anarchy and risks his safety to venture to a hospital for life-saving medicine for his mother. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg. Simultaneous eBook.

Stranded
by Jeff Probst

Stepsiblings Jane, Buzz, Carter and Vanessa, aged 9 to 13, are on a sailing trip in the South Pacific intended to help them bond in their newly-blended family when a massive storm strands them on a deserted island, in a first installment of a new series by the Emmy Award-winning host of the Survivor television show. Original.