survival (after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.)

Brief retelling of the story of Robinson Crusoe's shipwreck, how he built a shelter on the deserted island where he was washed ashore, and his eventual rescue.

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.This edition also includes chapters about Canada, navigating by the sun and stars, and prehistoric tools.

Link Stevens, a trapper, and his dog, Chiri, set out to rescue a naturalist stranded in the perilous Caribou mountains. It takes all of their resources to return with their man and themselves alive.

Danny and his friends survive ten adventurous days on a desert island after a plane crash.

"A minutely circumstantial account of the hero's shipwreck and escape to an uninhabitated island, and the methodical industry whereby he makes himself a comfortable home. The story is founded on the actual experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who spent four years on the island of Juan Fernandez in the early 18th century." Lenrow.

A ship-wrecked sailor is cast up on a bare, rocky, isolated island.

As flood waters sweep his house down the Mississippi River, a boy is joined by a mountain lion who is also trying desperately to stay alive.

Describes the real-life experience of a young woman trapped within a submerged car.