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Survival

a novelization
2007
Abby's passive personality changes while she is in the jungle, and when she returns to campsite, she begins questioning everything Daley has done.

The wrong stuff?

2003
Presents descriptions, statistics, and photographs of flying machines and other aircraft developed throughout history that failed to to achieve their purpose, and includes notes on their designers when available.

The place where the world ends

a modern story of cannibalism and human courage
1973

Sole survivor

1997
A year after crime reporter Joe Carpenter's wife and two young daughters are killed in a plane crash in which there are reportedly no survivors, he meets a mysterious woman named Rose who claims to have walked away from the disaster and he embarks on a mission fueled by rage and hope.

Anatomy of a plane crash

2011
This book describes the parts of an airplane, the circumstances that can cause an airplane to crash, and the safety features that are designed for airplanes.

The Hindenburg

2000
Describes the development and early flights of airships and the disastrous explosion of the passenger airship, Hindenberg, at a New Jersey airfield on May 6, 1937, in which thirty-six people were killed.

Gator prey

1999
When their plane crashes in the Everglades, Justin, his mom Sara, and Bill and his daughter Rachel must stick together to survive the dangers of a swamp filled with alligators, mosquitoes, quicksand, and worse.

Into the abyss

an extraordinary true story
2013
In October, 1984, a commuter plane carrying nine passengers crashed in the remote wilderness of northern Alberta, Canada killing six people. The survivors were the young pilot, a prominent politician, a cop, and the criminal he was escorting to face charges. As they fought through the night to survive, the dividing lines of power, wealth, and status were erased and they forged unlikely friendships which helped give them the strength and courage to eventually rebuild their lives.

Miracle

2012
Rising senior and star soccer player Megan Hathaway, unable to remember the plane crash of which she was the sole survivor, feels like an empty shell and loses all interest in her life and her friends, but unlikely friends help her face life as a "miracle.".

When I fell from the sky

the true story of one woman's miraculous survival
2011
Describes an 11-day ordeal faced by the 17-year old sole survivor of an airplane crash in the Peruvian jungle in 1971.

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