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If You Like I Survived Books... |
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Can't get enough of the I Survived Series? These books can be found in the Juvenile section of the library unless otherwise noted.
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Addison Cooke and the Tomb of the Khan
by Jonathan W. Stokes
Twelve-year-old Addison Cooke and his friends travel across Asia in an attempt to rescue Addison's aunt and uncle from the clutches of a dangerous gang and prevent the legendary tomb of Ghenghis Khan from falling the in the wrong hands
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Firefighter
by Jennifer Li Shotz
When a group of hikers is trapped in a forest fire, newly-minted military rescue dog Scout must come to their aid.
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Getting Air
by Dan Gutman
When a group of six boys stops a terrorist plot aboard a plane and ends up crashed in the middle of nowhere, Jimmy and his friends must find a way to survive in their harsh surroundings using a strange collection of combined skills and talents.
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Dolphin Song
by Lauren St. John
After Martine and five of her classmates are thrown overboard while on a school trip to South Africa, they are brought to shore by a pod of helpful dolphins. The castaways must learn how to survive on their deserted island home while trying to find a way to get their animal saviors back to deep water after they become beached.
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Simon's Escape: A Story of the Holocaust
by Bonnie Pryor
Simon, a young Polish Jew, and his family are forced by Nazis to leave their home for the filth and hunger of the Warsaw ghetto. Then, when his family is all taken away, he escapes to fight for survival in the countryside. Includes facts about the Holocaust.
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Leepike Ridge
by Nathan D. Wilson
While his widowed mother continues to search for him, eleven-year-old Tom, presumed dead after drifting away down a river, finds himself trapped in a series of underground caves with another survivor and a dog, and pursued by murderous treasure-hunters.
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Wild River
by W. R. Philbrick
Awakened by a scream on the first night of a whitewater rafting trip, Daniel discovers that a nearby dam has failed and that his camp is on the brink of flooding, forcing him and his young teammates to escape and make their way to safety without adult help.
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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.
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Small as an Elephant
by Jennifer Jacobson
Abandoned by his mother in an Acadia National Park campground and left with only a small toy elephant for company, Jack tries to make his way back to Boston before anyone figures out what is going on.
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A Talent for Trouble
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Natasha Farrant
A boarding school girl, desperate to connect with her unpredictable father, persuades two friends to cut class for an off-the-grid adventure on a remote island, where they navigate formidable obstacles, including a gang of international jewel thieves.
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Earthquake Terror
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Peg Kehret
When their mother breaks her ankle during a family camping trip, Jonathan and his little sister, Abby, are left alone on a deserted island, from which they barely escape with their lives after an earthquake.
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Storm Dog
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Jennifer Li Shotz
When Scout and his master Matt arrive in Puerto Rico in the wake of a hurricane, the dog they are fostering, Rosita, runs off into the forest, prompting Scout and Matt to go in after her.
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The Sign of the Beaver
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Elizabeth George Speare
Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.
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Eruption
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Roland Smith
Twelve-year-old Chase and his friend Nicole Rossi attempt to rescue the Rossi Brothers' Circus--lions, tigers, elephants, and all--in Mexico, where a massive earthquake has struck, leading to the imminent eruption of a volcano.
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Lost!
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Terry Lynn Johnson
Exploring the Costa Rican jungle to search for a mythical statue, Carter and Anna are chased off the path by howler monkeys and must figure out how to survive and reach safety when they realize they have become lost.
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The Race to Chimney Rock
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Jesse Wiley
It's 1850, and you are setting off on the treacherous Oregon Trail. In this first book of four, your goal is to get you and your family to Chimney Rock on time. Wild animals, natural disasters, sickness, and other obstacles stand between you and your destination. Which path will get you safely across the prairie? With more than twenty possible endings, choose wrong and you'll never make it to Chimney Rock on time. Choose right and blaze a trail that gets you closer to Oregon City!
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Shark Wars
by E. J. Altbacker
When environmental hazards and overfishing upset the delicate peace in the world's oceans, which are ruled by prehistoric shark clans, corruption and warfare threaten the survival of underwater societies, prompting young exiled reef shark Gray to unlock his destiny.
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Iron Thunder: The Battle Between the Monitor & the Merrimac
by Avi
Accompanied by period illustrations, photographs, and maps, this exciting historical novel follows thirteen-year-old Tom Carroll as he, after his father is killed during the Civil War, finds work at a bustling ironworks to help support his family, which makes him a target of Confederate spies.
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