wilderness survival

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Switchback

2019
"[Vale and Ash] are both fairly certain that the overnight nature hike with their PE class is going to be a hellish experience. But when they get separated from the group during a storm, they have worse things to worry about than bullies and blisters. Lost in the Canadian wilderness with limited supplies, caught in dangerous weather conditions, and surrounded by deadly wildlife, it's going to take every bit of strength, skill, and luck they can muster to survive"--Provided by publisher.
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Ada Blackjack

castaway
2018
Looks at the life of Ada Blackjack, an Inuit women who lived two years on the uninhabited Wrangel Island, north of Siberia.
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How to stay alive

the ultimate survival guide for any situation
Presents a collection of tips and strategies for surviving in the wild. Topics range from assembling a survival kit and building a shelter to how to survive animal attacks and identify poisonous snakes. Includes diagrams and step-by-step instructions.
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Tucket's home

Francis, Lottie and Billy survive a series of hair-raising adventures while on their way west to the Oregon Trail, where they hope to find the Tucket family.
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The silver gate

A pair of siblings with developmental delays were hidden away for fear of being discovered by the community for fear of a "curse," but the children soon learn the road to freedom through fairy songs, where all are welcome.
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Survival handbook

an essential companion to the great outdoors
"Wherever adventure takes you, take this book! Survival Handbook: An Essential Companion to the Great Outdoors includes crucial tips on exactly what you need to know to survive even the most unexpected circumstances. Also included are useful items to help you survive in the wild: reflective stickers, a foldable cup, a reflective sheet, and even a removable string binding! This illustrated guide shows you how to make a shelter, build a fire, locate clean water, forage for food, avoid deadly animals, protect yourself from bad weather, and find your way back home safely afterward. Whether you're lost, hungry, burned, or buried, knowing essential emergency survival skills could literally mean the difference between life and death. Don't go into the wild without this book!"--.
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Hatchet

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.
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Robinson Crusoe

During one of his several adventurous voyages in the seventeenth century, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a desert island.
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Make it out alive in the arctic and antarctic

Hypothermia, dehydration, sunburn, the Arctic and Antarctic environments create deadly problems for human beings. In this interactive book, readers will encounter real-life scenarios in these harsh habitats.
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Volcano!

2009
Tom and Kevin have to rely on their instincts to survive when a volcano erupts while they are camping and their lives are put in danger by the lava.
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