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1) Peak
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.
2) The Defender
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Friendship and human warmth are important all over the world but especially in the arctic chill of the Siberian mountains, where assistance from a neighbor can mean the difference between life and death. Nevertheless, a devoted shepherd named Turgen risks losing his place in the community for the sake of the wild rams that share his mountain home. The villagers used to admire Turgen for his skills as a healer, but their superstition overwhelms their...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Adventure and peril abound in a classic tale of shipwreck and survival Ralph, Jack, and Peterkin find themselves the sole survivors of a shipwreck on a deserted coral island in the South Pacific. Although fate has led them to temporary safety, the three marooned boys are forced to carve out a life for themselves from what nature provides. They rapidly learn which fruit to eat, which animals to hunt, and which lagoons are best for bathing. Resourceful...
Author
Series
Edge of extinction volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Perfect for fans of Jurassic Park and Jurassic World ! Code Name Flood is the electrifying sequel to The Ark Plan, which School Library Journal praised by saying: "Nonstop action, marauding dinosaurs, and kids on the run: What's not to like?" Last week, twelve-year-old Sky found a cryptic message from her dad, who mysteriously fled the safety of their underground compound five years ago. The note said the fate of the world depended on her going topside,...
7) In the Red
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A harrowing, pulse-pounding race for survival that New York Times bestselling author D. J. MacHale says "will leave you breathless."
Michael Prasad knows he shouldn't go out on the Mars surface alone. It's dangerous. His parents have forbidden it. And the anxiety he feels almost every time he puts on a spacesuit makes it nearly impossible for him to leave the safety of the colony.
But when his best friend, Lilith, suggests they sneak out one night,...
8) H2O
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
.27 is a number Ruby hates. It's a number that marks the percentage of the population that has survived. It's a number that means she's one of the 'lucky' few still standing. And it's a number that says her father is probably dead. Against all odds, Ruby has survived the catastrophic onset of the killer rain. Two weeks after the radio started broadcasting the warning, 'It's in the rain. It's fatal and there's no cure,' the drinkable water is running...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Four timeless tales of adventure that have delighted generations of readers, young and old. Peter Pan is the enchanting story of a boy who wouldn't grow up and the girl he promised to always remember. One magical night, two mischievous denizens of an island of the imagination visit Wendy Darling and her younger brothers in their London home. Peter Pan and Tinker Bell whisk the children away to Neverland to join the Lost Boys in their epic struggle...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
A group of teens at the Hope Juvenile Treatment Center are shocked to discover their guards have abandoned them, but their joy turns to fear when they learn a catastrophic pandemic has occurred outside their walls, turning their new-found freedom into a fight for survival.
The Hope Juvenile Treatment Center is ironically named: no one has hope for these delinquent teenagers. When the guards don't show up one day, the teens are shocked to learn a...
11) Aftershocks
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A gripping YA novel about two strangers struggling to survive a massive California earthquake
When a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hits California, Ruby is trapped in a laundromat with Charlie, a boy she had her first conversation with only moments before. She can't see anything beyond the rubble that she's trapped beneath, but she's sure someone will come save them soon. As the hours and days tick by, Ruby and Charlie struggle to stay hopeful-and stay...
12) Resist
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The shocking and thrilling sequel-and conclusion-to Breathe, which Kirkus Reviews called "intelligent and absorbing." Three teens confront danger, uncertainty, and the yearning to live-and breathe-freely. This powerful dystopian novel is for fans of Veronica Roth and Patrick Ness.
What would you do if you were desperate? Bea, Alina, and Quinn are outlaws. They started a rebellion and have been thrown out of the pod-the only place where there's enough...
13) Breathe
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
The world has no air. If you want to survive, you pay to breathe. But what if you can't? And what if you think everything could be different? Three teens will leave everything they know behind in Sarah Crossan's gripping and original dystopian teen novel of danger, longing, and glimmering hope that will appeal to fans of Patrick Ness and Veronica Roth. National Book Award Finalist Kathleen Duey called Breathe "An amazing story! Sit down. Inhale. Now,...
14) Arch of Bone
Author
Publisher
Tachyon Publications / Bookmasters
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Continuing the story from where Moby Dick left off, this compelling boyhood adventure, penned by beloved author Jane Yolen (Owl Moon) , hearkens to timeless coming of age tales of yore. Lovingly illustrated by Ruth Sanderson, the journey of a boy and his dog comes to life on the page, renewing the joy of a classic tale. "This is the story Melville should have written." -- Daniel Pinkwater, author of The Neddiad When a rough sailor called Ishmael...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Fans of classic frontier survival stories, as well as readers of dystopian literature, will enjoy this futuristic story about an epic cross-country journey. In a Handful of Dust is set ten years after the first novel, Not a Drop to Drink, as a dangerous disease strikes the community where teenage Lucy lives. When her adoptive mother, Lynn, takes Lucy away from their home and friends in order to protect her, Lucy struggles to figure out what home means....
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In the first three adventures of the original Tarzan series, the aristocratic ape man discovers his identity, finds love, and battles his enemies. Tarzan of the Apes : Born to English aristocrats marooned in a West African jungle, John Clayton is soon orphaned-and then adopted by a she-ape. Given the name Tarzan, he grows up among the apes with no memory of civilization. But when a party of white explorers arrives, Tarzan is drawn to them-especially...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The ape man battles WWI soldiers and fantastical ant men in these three adventure novels and a volume of short stories from the original Tarzan series. Jungle Tales of Tarzan : This short story collection features twelve thrilling tales of young Tarzan's life with a tribe of African apes-from first love to battles with a witchdoctor and more. Tarzan the Untamed : As World War I breaks out in Africa, Tarzan's estate is destroyed by German soldiers....
Author
Series
Endgame volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
The New York Times bestseller and international multimedia phenomenon! In each generation, for thousands of years, twelve Players have been ready. But they never thought Endgame would happen. Until now. Omaha, Nebraska. Sarah Alopay stands at her graduation ceremonyclass valedictorian, star athlete, a full life on the horizon. But when a meteor strikes the school, she survives. Because she is the Cahokian Player. Endgame has begun. Juliaca, Peru....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Minutes after the principal of Opportunity High School in Alabama finishes her speech welcoming the student body to a new semester, they discover that the auditorium doors will not open and someone starts shooting as four teens, each with a personal reason to fear the shooter, tell the tale from separate perspectives.
20) The Storm
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Series
Language
English
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DEADLY TO THE LAST DROP . Ninety-seven percent of the population is dead. And the killer rain keeps falling. Ruby's not sure she can make it on her own much longer. So when a chance encounter leads her to a camp with the last boy she may ever kiss (it's not easy to date during an apocalypse), Ruby gratefully accepts the army's protection. But safety comes with a price: If Ruby wants to stay, she must keep her eyes-and her mouth-shut. Except Ruby stumbles...
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