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The following titles are available for checkout from Franklin's library. The list is arranged alphabetically by author's last name.
Baird, T. WALK OUT A BROTHER.
Only sixteen when his father dies, Don runs away from the domination of his hated older
brother and crosses paths with a murderer high in the Rocky Mountains.
Belden, W. MIND-HOLD.
In the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, 12-year-old Carson is responsible for his
own survival and that of his despised younger sister.
Blackwood, G. WILD TIMOTHY.
Timothy Martin reluctantly accompanies his father on a camping trip and then has to deal
with the wilderness alone after he gets lost in the woods.
Byars, B. TROUBLE RIVER.
When he builds his raft, a 12-year-old boy never dreams that it will serve as the sole
means of escape for himself and his grandmother when hostile Indians threaten their
prairie cabin.
Campbell, E. THE SHARK CALLERS.
Two teenage boys face the challenge of their lives when a volcano erupts causing a massive
tidal wave in the South Seas.
Carter, A. BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
Although neither Mark nor his diabetic cousin had looked forward to their canoe trip, they
began to enjoy themselves as they made their way through Minnesota's lake country...that
is, until things started to go wrong.
Christopher, J. EMPTY WORLD.
When a deadly virus kills off most of the world's population, a teenaged boy tries to
survive in a seemingly empty England.
Christopher, M. STRANDED.
Shipwrecked with his dog on an uninhabited Carribbean island after a hurricane that washed
his parents overboard, a blind boy struggles for survival.
Clark, M. IF THE EARTH FALLS IN.
A runaway girl's involvement with two rival boys leads to a fight for survival when
all three are trapped in a caved-in mine shaft.
Cleaver, V. WHERE THE LILIES BLOOM.
Fourteen-year-old Mary Call struggles to protect her family after her father dies.
Clifford, E. THE CURSE OF THE MOONRAKER.
The survivors of a strange shipwreck in the Auckland Island fight for survival under
seemingly hopeless conditions.
Dyer, T. A WAY OF HIS OWN.
A lame boy is abandoned by his family and, together with a girl stolen from another tribe,
tries to survive a cruel winter.
Eckert, A. INCIDENT AT HAWK'S HILL.
In 1870, on the Canadian prairie, a 6-year-old boy is separated from his family but he
survives in the wild with the aid of a badger.
Forman, J. DOOMSDAY PLUS TWELVE.
In the year 2000, twelve years after the world nuclear holocaust known as Doomsday, a
group of Oregon teenagers battle militarists to assure the peace of the future.
George, J. JULIE OF THE WOLVES.
A young Eskimo girl is lost on the North Slope of Alaska alone except for a pack of Arctic
wolves.
Heinlein, R. TUNNEL IN THE SKY.
A high school senior goes through the gate to an unknown planet for a two-to-ten day final
exam in Advanced Survival and realizes, after a period of fighting the elements and
wildlife, that something has gone wrong with the gate and he can't get back.
Hill, D. TAKE IT EASY.
Sent by his father on a five-day wilderness hike in the rugged New Zealand mountains,
Rob and five other less-experienced teenagers must go it alone when their leader suddenly
dies.
Hobbs, W. FAR NORTH.
After the destruction of their floatplane, sixteen-year-old Gabe and his Dene friend,
Raymond, struggle to survive a winter in the wilderness of the Northwest Territories.
Hobbs, W. RIVER THUNDER.
Despite some reservations, sixteen-year-old Jessie joins her companions from the
previous year's adventure on the Colorado River for a legal rafting trip through the
Grand
Canyon. Sequel to DOWNRIVER.
Houston, J. FROZEN FIRE.
Determined to find his father who has been lost in a storm, a young boy and his Eskimo
friend brave windstorms, starvation, wild animals, and wild men during their search in the
Canadian Artic.
Hyde, D. ISLAND OF THE LOONS.
During the year he is held prisoner by an escaped convict on an uninhabited island in Lake
Superior, a young boy watches his captor change from desperate criminal to a gentler man
absorbed in the abundant wildlife of the island.
Johnson, A. FINDERS, KEEPERS.
A thirteen-year-old boy and his rebellious sister flee Denver following a catastrophic
explosion at a nearby nuclear power plant, hoping to survive in the mountains.
Kehret, P. NIGHT OF FEAR.
13-year-old T.J. and his grandmother, who has Alzheimer's disease, find their lives in
danger when they discover a disturbed arsonist hiding in a barn.
Lawrence, L. CHILDREN OF THE DUST.
After a nuclear war devastates the earth, a small band of people struggles for survival in
a world where children are born with strange mutations.
Marsden, J. TOMORROW, WHEN THE WORLD BEGAN.
Seven Australian teenagers return from a camping trip in the bush to discover that their
country has been invaded and they must hide to stay alive.
Masterton, D. GET OUT OF MY FACE.
15-year-old Kate finds her adjustment to her new stepbrother made even more difficult when
they have to help each other survive on a dangerous wilderness journey.
Mathieson, D. TRIAL BY WILDERNESS.
A girl survives a plane crash off the coast of British Columbia, and then faces survival
in the wilderness, a feat which calls upon her courage, her endurance, and her skills.
Mayhar, A. MEDICINE WALK.
After his father's heart attack and the resulting crash of their small plane, Burr must
travel alone through 40 miles of summer desert.
Mazer, H. CAVE UNDER THE CITY.
With their mother in the hospital and their father's whereabouts unknown, two boys take to
the streets of New York to escape being sent to a children's shelter.
Mazer, H. THE ISLAND KEEPER.
Longing to disappear after the death of her beloved younger sister, Cleo goes to a remote
island where she is the only human inhabitant.
McGraw, W. A DOG WORTH STEALING.
On a hike in the Pacific Northwest, Jud unexpectedly acquires a guard-trained dog.
Moeri, L. SAVE QUEEN OF SHEBA.
After miraculously surviving a Sioux Indian raid on the trail to Oregon, a brother and
sister set out with few provisions to find the rest of the settlers.
Myers, E. HOSTAGE.
When hiking with a group of other teens in the Utah desert, Alyssa and Rob attempt to foil
the plans of a fossil-stealing kidnapper.
O'Dell, S. ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS.
A young 19th-century Indian girl spends 18 years on an isolated island off the coast of
California.
Paulsen, G. BRIAN'S WINTER.
Companion book to Hatchet and The River. What would have happened to Brian
if he had had to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and
hatchet.
Paulsen, G. HATCHET.
Brian is left on his own in the wilderness after a plane crash with only a small hatchet
to help him survive.
Paulsen, G. THE RIVER.
Sequel to Hatchet. 15-year-old Brian is asked to undergo another wilderness
experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival.
Paulsen, G. THE VOYAGE OF THE FROG.
When David goes out on his sailboat to scatter his recently deceased uncle's ashes to the
wind, he is caught in a fierce storm and must survive many days on his own.
Peck, R. JO SILVER.
Sixteen-year-old Kenny's hike through the Adirondacks in search of a writer at Lost Pond
becomes a fight for survival as he realizes he is not alone in the hostile wilderness.
Petersen, P.J. WHITE WATER.
Greg confronts his own fears and assumes a leadership role when his father is bitten by a
rattlesnake during a white-water rafting trip.
Phipson, J. HIT AND RUN.
When 16-year-old Roland has a hit and run accident in a borrowed car, he flees into the
wild Australian countryside where he struggles for both survival and self-respect.
Rubinstein, G. GALAX-ARENA.
Kidnapped from an Australian train station, Joella, Peter, and Liane are taken on a rocket
to the Galax-arena, where they are expected to perform death-defying stunts to amuse the
inhabitants of the planet Vexak.
Ruckman, I. NO WAY OUT.
Hiking along the Virgin River in Utah, 19-year-old Amy, her brother, and five friends
battle a flash flood.
Skurzynski, G. TRAPPED IN THE SLICKROCK CANYON.
Gina and Justin, twelve-year-old cousins, come to a better understanding of each other
during a night trying to survive a flash flood and other dangers in the western mountains.
Smith, R. THUNDER CAVE.
Determined to foil his stepfather's plans for his future, Jacob travels alone to Africa in
search of his father.
Swindells, R. BROTHER IN THE LAND.
After nuclear war hits England, a teenage survivor and his little brother must fight for
their lives in a harsh new world.
Thesman, J. WHEN THE ROAD ENDS.
Sent to spend the summer in the country, three foster children and an older woman
recovering from an accident are abandoned by their caretaker and must try to survive on
their own.
Ure, J. PLAGUE.
Three teenagers attempt to survive on their own when a devastating plague sweeps London.
Voight, C. HOMECOMING.
Abandoned by their mother, four children begin a search for a home and an identity.
