Juvenile & Young Adult / Survival Stories

The City of Ember Deluxe Edition: The First Book of Ember

by Jeanne Duprau

Since 2003, readers of all ages have been captivated by Jeanne DuPrau's bestselling dystopian story about a doomed city and the two children determined to escape it. Now new and old fans alike can celebrate...

One Last Chance: Trapped by a Blowdown

by Ron Gamer

An action-packed MG/YA novel that pits teenagers against nature in a struggle to survive. An outdoor adventure with boy appeal.

Hidden Chance: Secrets of the Hermit's Hideaway

by Ron Gamer

A suspenseful MG/YA novel that finds teenagers entangled in a puzzling mystery, set in an outdoors environment.

The Forbidden Castle

by Edward Packard & Drew Willis

Choose your fate—and multiple endings—as you quest for medieval gold in this custom-made adventure.

One of the most popular book formats of the 1980s and 1990s is back and better than ever in the form of...

Survivor

Alone #2

by James Phelan

At the end of the world, it's hard to trust anyone--even yourself.

Jesse and a ragged band of survivors crawl through the wreckage of New York City. They escaped the Chasers--for now. But the infected zombie...

Night Terrors

by Sean Rodman

Dylan struggles with the memories of the death of his younger brother while fighting for survival in a snow-bound resort.

Winter Chance: Walking in Wolf Tracks

by Ron Gamer

An action-packed MG/YA novel that pits teenagers against nature in a struggle to survive. An outdoor adventure with boy appeal.

Sole Survivor

by Ruthanne Lum Mccunn

On November 23, 1942, German U-Boats torpedoed the British ship Benlomond and it sank in the Atlantic in two minutes. The sole survivor was a second steward named Poon Lim, who, with no knowledge of the sea,...

What We Become

by Jesse Karp

In this high-octane, mind-bending thriller, Mal and Laura, two teens, must fight an enemy known only as the Old Man who is intent on gaining absolute power. If they lose, every human being in the world...

Stranded

by Jeff Probst & Christopher Tebbetts

A New York Times Bestseller!

As seen on The Today Show, Rachael Ray, and Kelly and Michael.

From the Emmy-Award winning host of Survivor, Jeff Probst, with Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life co-author,...

Never Say Die

by Will Hobbs

When the motto of your village is "never say die," you have a lot to live up to. . . .

At home in Canada's Arctic, Nick Thrasher is an accomplished Inuit hunter at fifteen. About to bring home a caribou for...

Life Before Legend: Stories of the Criminal and the Prodigy

by Marie Lu

Find out more about June and Day in this never-before-seen glimpse into their daily lives before they met in Marie Lu's New York Times bestselling LEGEND series. As twelve-year-olds struggling to survive in...

In the Valley of the Grizzly

by Ed Ferrell

This gripping wilderness survival tale grabs young readers at the first sputtering of the small plane engine and does not let go. Fifteen year-old Ben Paul's dream trip to the wilderness with his Tlingit grandfather...

Flash Point

by Nancy Kress

Reality TV meets a chillingly realistic version of America--and the fame game is on!

Amy had dreams of going to college, until the Collapse destroyed the economy and her future. Now she is desperate for any...

Chasers

Alone #1

by James Phelan

The trip of a lifetime just turned into the end of the world.

When Jesse crawls out of the wreckage of a subway car and emerges into daylight, he's greeted by a living nightmare. An unexplained force has destroyed...

Ashen Winter

by Mike Mullin

It’s been over six months since the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. Alex and Darla have been staying with Alex’s relatives, trying to cope with the new reality of the primitive world so vividly...

Night of the Bat

by Paul Zindel

Deep in the Amazon jungle, members of an elite scientific team are disappearing and Jake gets word his dad is in grave danger. So Jake makes the journey into the remote jungle where he finds most of the team's...

Reef of Death

by Paul Zindel

P.C. travels with his uncle to Australia on a mission to find a mysterious buried treasure. Soon, its secrets lead him to a beautiful Aboriginal girl and a terrifying monster that haunts the ocean reef. But...

Rats

by Paul Zindel

Sarah and her brother have grown up next to the world's largest garbage dump on Staten Island in New York City. Little do they know, thousands of rodents at the dump have mutated into gruesome, killer rats and...

Raptor

by Paul Zindel

Out in the mountains, Zack discovers a fossilised dinosaur egg. A once in a lifetime discovery - this could make a fortune! Zack takes it home to keep it safe. Only the egg isn't fossilised - it's hatching ...And...