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Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Flying together on a storm-ravaged night, a gifted surgeon facing a painful separation from his wife and a young magazine writer on her way to her wedding are plunged into a life-and-death ordeal. As the days turn into weeks on the unforgiving mountain, the two heal from their physical wounds even as they are forced to confront surprising and painful truths about their lives.
Author
Series
Maze runner volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
After surviving horrific conditions in the Maze, Thomas is entrapped, along with nineteen other boys, in a scientific experiment designed to observe their responses and gather data believed to be essential for the survival of the human race.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.3 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Formats
Description
During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600s, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
Author
Series
Hatchet volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.
Author
Series
Alaskan quest volume 3
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Formats
Description
Life in the rugged Alaskan Territory finds Jacob Barringer and Jayce Kincaid facing the isolation of the frozen north after their ship is lost to the ice in the Artic. Back at Last Chance Creek, Helaina and Leah form a bond as they help each other through the long wait, not knowing what has become of the men they love. As unexpected loss invades their world and tragedy looms once again, they must find the strength to trust in God's faithfulness, despite...
7) Cast away
Publisher
Twentiety Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer, finds his ruled-by-the-clock existence ended when a harrowing plane crash leaves him isolated on a remote island. As Chuck struggles to survive, he finds that his own personal journey has only just begun.
Author
Series
Hatchet volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
After having survived alone in the wilderness, Brian finds that he can no longer live in the city but must return to the place where he really belongs.
Author
Publisher
Rescue Me Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The true story of a dramatic multi-day rescue mission that unfolds as five passengers get stranded high in the mountains of Alaska. Armed with a positive "never quit" attitude, four elite Guardian Angel team members, commonly known as Pararescuemen or PJs, encounter countless challenges as they climb upwards through a raging blizzard toward the family in distress. (BASED ON A TRUE STORY)
Author
Series
Flight 29 down volume 5
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
13) Cast away
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer, finds his ruled-by-the-clock existence ended when a harrowing plane crash leaves him isolated on a remote island. As Chuck struggles to survive, he finds that his own personal journey has only just begun.
17) Amazing grace
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the wake of an earthquake that interrupts a celebrity-studded charity dinner dance at the Ritz Carlton in San Francisco, the lives of four strangers are transformed by the tragedy.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Another visionary novel from the great science fiction writer H. G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau tackles the thorny issues thrown up when humankind plays God and explores notions of society and identity, bringing the mythical chimera - part human, part animal - into the age of science.
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