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Teen Reads: Survival Stories
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Aftershocks
by Marisa Reichardt
When a major earthquake hits California, trapping seventeen-year-old Ruby with Charlie, a near-stranger, in a laundromat, they struggle to stay alive and hopeful with only memories and each other's voices to sustain them
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We are not from here
by Jenny Torres Sanchez
When the dangers in their hometown force them to flee, three teenagers follow the route of La Bestia, a perilous train system that might lead them to a better life, if they can survive the trip
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The liar's guide to the night sky
by Brianna R. Shrum
When Hallie and her cousins are trapped in the frozen wilderness after a mudslide, she must face paralyzing temperatures, sharp-toothed animals, and wicked weather to search for a way to town to send back help
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Not if I save you first
by Ally Carter
After six years of no word from her best friend, Logan, he shows up on the doorstep of the remote Alaskan cabin Maddie and her father live in with an assailant in pursuit
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Damselfly : a novel
by Chandra Prasad
Indian-American teenager Samantha Mishra, her best friend Mel Sharpe, and the other members of the Drake Rosemont Academy fencing team are on their way to Tokyo when their plane crashes on a jungle-choked island, so while they hope for rescue, the teens will need to use all their ingenuity to survive the jungle, the old man who is stalking them--and each other
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Cut off
by Adrianne Finlay
Competing in a wilderness survival reality show for a million-dollar prize, a group of teens discover that they have been abandoned by the competition’s producers, who have raised the stakes by refusing to rescue them.
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I am still alive
by Kate Alice Marshall
Stranded in the woods after her cabin burns down and her father is killed, a disabled girl and her dog fervently prepare for the coming winter while plotting revenge on the person who murdered her father
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Ascent
by Roland Smith
Fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello is invited to climb Hkakabo Razi, one of the most isolated mountains in the world, but getting there involves a four-week trek through a tropical rainforest that is rife with hazards, which turns out to be more dangerous than summiting the mountain itself
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Wild bird
by Wendelin Van Draanen
When her behavior escalates out of control, fourteen-year-old Wren is taken away to a wilderness therapy camp where she is forced to develop new skills, including the courage to ask for help
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The snow fell three graves deep : voices from the Donner Party
by Allan Wolf
A novel in verse by the author of The Watch That Ends the Night recounts the chilling survival tale of the Donner party during the 1846-1847 winter from the perspectives of its leaders, a scholarly wife, two Miwok guides, the Reed children and other historical figures.
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