Mazer, Harry
Snow Bound (gr 5-7)
The Wild Kid (gr 5-8)

Mikaelsen, Ben
Red Midnight (gr 5 & up)

Moeri, Louise
Save Queen of Sheba
(gr 4 & up)

Mowat, Farley
Lost in the Barrens (gr 7-9)

Napoli, Donna
Stones in Water (gr 5-8)

O'Brien, Robert
"Z" is for Zachariah (gr 6-10)

O'Dell, Scott
Island of the Blue Dolphins
(6 and up)

Osborne, Mary P.
Adaline Falling Star (gr 5-7)

Paulsen, Gary
Hatchet (gr 6-9)
The Voyage of the Frog (gr 6-9)
Dogsong (gr 6-9)

Shahan, Sherry
Frozen Stiff (gr 4-7)

Sperry, Armstrong
Call It Courage (gr 5 & up)

Taylor, Theodore
The Cay (gr 5 & up)
Timothy of the Cay (gr 5 &up)

Zindel, Paul
Raptor (gr 5-9)

Note: Please check the nonfiction shelves for exciting true survival stories. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong (J 919.89092)and Revenge of the Whale: the True Story of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick (J 910.9164) are two amazing true survival stories you will enjoy.

Terrific Survival Fiction

B. B. Brendon
Chase (grades 4 & up)

Bledsoe, Lucy
Jane Tracks in the Snow (gr 3-6)

Burks
Walks Alone
(gr 6-9)

Durbin, William
The Broken Blade (gr 4-8)
Wintering (gr 4-8)

Fama, Elizabeth
Overboard (gr 7-10)

Farmer, Nancy
A Girl Named Disaster

(gr 6 & up)

Fields, T. S.
Danger in the Desert
(gr 5-7)

George, Jean C.
My Side of the Mountain
and sequels
(gr 6-9)
Julie of the Wolves & sequels
(gr 6-9)
The Talking Earth (gr 6-9)
Tree Castle Island (gr 6-9)

Goodman, Joan E.
Paradise: Based on a True Story of Survival (gr 7 & up)

Hill, Fitzpatrick
Toughboy and Sister
(gr 4-6)

Hobbs, Will
Wild Man Island (gr 5-9)
Far North (gr 7 & up)

Houston, James
Frozen Fire: a Tale of Courage
(gr 6 & up)