wilderness survival

"Photography accompanies engaging information about how to survive in the mountains. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--.

Considered lazy and unathletic, twelve-year-old Ryan discovers a heroic side of himself when a kayak trip with his older brother goes horribly awry.

A pampered Irish Setter show dog is accidentally left in the wilderness and is forced into a desperate struggle for survival.

Discusses how to survive in the wilderness, with depictions, in graphic novel format, of three true survival stories, including a group of campers who survived the Mount St. Helens eruption of 1980 and a snowboarder who got lost in the Ansel Adams wilderness of the Sierra Nevadas in 2004.

Discusses how to survive in the mountains, with depictions, in graphic novel format, of three true survival stories, including a plane crash in the Andes in 1972 and the case involving Aron Ralston, whose arm was trapped by a rock while climbing in Utah in 2003.

When Cameron arrives at an outdoor program for juvenile offenders, he regrets his choice, and he and Brianna, another resident, steal two kayaks to escape, just before a hurricane is due to hit.

For the first time ever, Mouseford Academy is offering a course in outdoor survival skills, and it's being taught by the athletic adventurous Bruce Hyena! All five Thea Sisters sign up, along with the Ruby Crew.

An old hound that has been chained up at his hateful owner's run-down shack, and two kittens born underneath the house, endure separation, danger, and many other tribulations in their quest to be reunited and free.

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to cope with his parents' divorce.

Compares the thought processes and actions of survivors and nonsurvivors in deadly situations, presents case studies, discusses neurological and psychological research and ancient texts on survival, and lists twelve steps most survivors take in life-and-death situations.