This post contains recommendations from a CPL librarian. To get your own customized recommendation, just fill out the May We Suggest form — you can expect results within 10 days. All suggestions can be found on the May We Suggest blog or by liking May We Suggest on facebook.
Survival Stories
| AUTHOR | TITLE |
|---|---|
For 2nd-4th grade girls | |
All books are shelved in J Easy Fiction or J Paperback |
|
| Fleischman, Paul | Lost!: A Story in String |
| Osborne, Mary Pope | Tonight on the Titanic |
| Shaw, Janet Beeler | Kaya's Escape |
For 4th-6th grade girls | |
All books are shelved in J Fiction or J Paperback |
|
| Bledsoe, Lucy Jane | Tracks in the Snow |
| Brandis, Marianne | The Tinderbox |
| Casanova, Mary | When Eagles Fall |
| Cushman, Karen | Rodzina |
| Duey, Kathleen | Survival! |
| Fama, Elizabeth | Overboard |
| Fields, Terri | Missing in the Mountains |
| George, Jean Craighead | Julie of the Wolves |
| George, Jean Craighead | Julie's Wolf Pack |
| Giff, Patricia Reilly | Nory Ryan's Song |
| Kehret, Peg | The Secret Journey |
| Myers, Anna | Stolen by the Sea |
| Myers, Edward | Climb or Die |
| Neale, Jonathan | Lost at Sea |
| O'Dell, Scott | Island of the Blue Dolphins |
| Orr, Wendy | Nim's Island |
| Pennac, Daniel | Dog |
| Sedgwick, Marcus | Floodland |
| Turnbull, Ann | Maroo of the Winter Caves |
| Vos, Ida | Anna Is Still Here |
For 2nd-4th grade boys | |
All books are shelved in J Easy Fiction or J Paperback |
|
| Kessler, Cristina | Jubela |
| Osborne, Mary Pope | Tonight on the Titanic |
For 4th-6th grade boys | |
All books are shelved in J Fiction or J Paperback |
|
| Clements, Andrew | A Week in the Woods |
| Collier, James Lincoln | Wild Boy |
| Cowley, Joy | Hunter |
| Crisp, Marty | White Star: A Dog on the Titanic |
| Crook, Connie Brummel | The Perilous Year |
| Defoe, Daniel | Robinson Crusoe |
| Duey, Kathleen | Survival! |
| George, Jean Craighead | My Side of the Mountain |
| George, Jean Craighead | Tree Castle Island |
| Hahn, Mary Downing | Hear the Wind Blow |
| Hobbs, Will | The Maze |
| Hyde, Dayton O. | Island of the Loons |
| Hyland, Hilary | The Wreck of the Ethie |
| Kehret, Peg | Earthquake Terror |
| Kehret, Peg | Escaping the Giant Wave |
| Korman, Gordon | Everest |
| Korman, Gordon | Island |
| Lawrence, Iain | The Wreckers |
| McKay, Sharon E. | Charlie Wilcox |
| Morgan, Clay | The Boy Who Spoke Dog |
| Morpurgo, Michael | Kensuke's Kingdom |
| Murphy, Jim | The Journal of Brian Doyle: A Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship |
| Napoli, Donna Jo | North |
| Orlev, Uri | Run, Boy, Run |
| Paulsen, Gary | Hatchet |
| Paulsen, Gary | The River |
| Paulsen, Gary | Brian's Winter |
| Paulsen, Gary | Brian's Return |
| Sachar, Louis | Holes |
| Sachar, Louis | Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake |
| Shahan, Sherry | Frozen Stiff |
| Sperry, Armstrong | Call It Courage |
| Verne, Jules | The Mysterious Island |
| Wilson, John | Flames of the Tiger |