survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc

A thirteen-year-old boy stranded in the Canadian wilderness after a plane crash must find a way to survive the winter with only a hatchet for aid.

Philip, an adolescent white boy who is blinded in a torpedo attack at sea during World War II, acquires a new type of vision, courage, and love when he is stranded on a tiny Caribbean island with Timothy, a kind, elderly black man.

Victims of a shipwreck in the Pacific discover an island ruled by a ominous scientist who performs ghastly genetic experiments which change animals into grotesque, partially human creatures.

Dr. Moreau, a scientist, finds an isolated island that gives him the freedom to create hideous creatures with human intelligence.

When a vaccine to save endangered bees causes their sting to turn children into ferocious killer beasts, the uninfected build a wall to keep the beasts out, but Fiona wakes up on the wrong side of the wall.

Contains over twenty true accounts by and about firefighters who survived life threatening situations in the course of their work.

Presents a collection of real life stories about disasters that have left people trapped, including by fire, water, molasses, and more.

Contains eight stories of the true experiences of people who were stranded at sea, each with a time line, definitions of key words, and related facts.

Contains five true stories of planes shot down in times of war and peace, including the attack on Chuck Yeager's fighter plane over France, and the shooting down of a Korean passenger plane by the Soviet Union, each with a time line, definitions of key words, and related facts.

Ellie and her friends, five Australian teenagers who survived the enemy invasion of their country, use guerrilla tactics to support a major counterattack by New Zealand troops.