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Author
Series
I survived volume 15
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Nate was traveling to meet his father when he got caught up in a battle of the American Revolution.
Author
Series
I survived volume 22
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The Wellington snow slide of 1910 was-and still is-the deadliest avalanche in America's history. Lauren Tarshis's story of one child surviving the frozen nightmare pounds with page-turning action and heartwarming hope. The snow came down faster than train crews could clear the tracks, piling up in drifts 20 feet high. At the Wellington train depot in the Cascade Mountains, two trains sat stranded, blocked in by snow slides to the east and west. Some...
Author
Series
Last kids on Earth volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Fantastical Fiction - JF
If You Like Babysitter's Club, Read These!
If You Like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Read These!
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Description
"After a monster apocalypse hits town, average thirteen-year-old Jack Sullivan builds a team of friends to help slay the eerily intelligent monster known as Blarg"--
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Books about life-or-death situations can have great plots and exciting events. They can also inspire people to excel. In this nonfiction book, you'll read about Alec, who is shipwrecked, and Karana, who is left behind on an island. Mulan fights in wars for years. What do these books communicate about survival? What allows these characters to survive? This title includes important text features such as a glossary, index, and table of contents to engage...
Author
Series
I survived volume 20
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Traces the story of a boy who moves across the country to rural northern California, where his efforts to adjust are challenged by a fast-moving firestorm that places family homes and lives at risk.
Author
Series
Books of Ember volume 4
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a roamer trades them an ancient book with only a few pages remaining, Lina and Doon return to Ember to seek the machine the book seems to describe in hopes that it will get their new community, Sparks, through the winter.
Author
Series
Last kids on Earth volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"Jack teams up with the evil King Wretch in order to convince his friends to stay with him instead of going in search of others who may have survived the monster apocalypse"--
Author
Series
Last kids on Earth volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The zombies are disappearing. This might seem like a good thing, since zombies eat your brains, but normal human kid Jack Sullivan is suspicious. He keeps hearing an eerie shrieking noise that seems to be almost summoning the zombies--but to where, and for what (probably) foul purpose? Jack, his three best friends (maybe the only people left on Earth), and their pet monster Rover are going to get to the bottom of this. Along the way they encounter...
Author
Series
Maximum Ride volume 6
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When Max and the Flock discover an unscrupulous scientist who's experimenting on humans in an effort to "improve" the human race, they decide that they must try to stop him, in spite of Angel's prediction about Fang dying.
10) Cog
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"After an accident leaves him damaged and separated from his scientist caregiver, a young android recruits four robot accomplices and embarks on a cross-country road trip to reunite with her"--
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: A warm, cozy lap. The toasty smell of baking bread. Tasty food served in a bright-blue bowl. These make Haven's life as an indoor pet heaven. All thanks to her beloved human and rescuer, Ma Millie. But when Ma Millie becomes too sick to care for her, the cat's cozy life is turned upside down, and Haven decides she must seek out another human for help. Anything for Ma Millie! Her vow pulls her out of her safe nest into the shadowy...
13) Last day on Mars
Author
Series
Chronicle of the dark star volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
It is Earth year 2213-but, of course, there is no Earth anymore. Not since it was burned to a cinder by the sun, which has mysteriously begun the process of going supernova far sooner than anyone expected. The human race has fled to Mars, but this was only a temporary solution while we have prepared for a second trip: a 150-year journey to a distant star, our best guess at where we might find a new home. Liam Saunders-Chang is one of the last humans...
Author
Series
I survived volume 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Lauren Tarshis shines a spotlight on the story of the Normandy landings, the largest seaborne invasion in history and foundation for the Allied victory in World War II.
15) The wild robot
Author
Series
Wild robot volume 1
Language
English
Appears on these lists
If You Like One and Only Ivan, Read These!
NYT - Children’s & Young Adult Series
NYT - Children’s Series
Science Fiction - JF
NYT - Children’s & Young Adult Series
NYT - Children’s Series
Science Fiction - JF
Formats
Description
Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.
16) The Burnouts
Author
Series
Quarantine volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"In this final installment of the Quarantine trilogy, David and Will are alive, but on the outside of McKinley High, while Lucy is the last of the trinity left inside to deal with Hilary, who will exact revenge before taking over McKinley High"--
17) The turning
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Aran has never truly fit in with his selkie clan. He was born in his human form, without a pelt to transform him into a sleek, strong seal. Each day he waits, left behind while his selkie family explores the deep ocean. What if his pelt never comes?"--
18) Wake up missing
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After a concussion that effects her balance, memory, and other abilities, twelve-year-old Kat goes to I-Can, the "Miracle Clinic in the Swamp," where she joins forces with other patients to expose plot that endangers them all.
19) Dead voices
Author
Series
Small spaces quartet volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
Trapped at a haunted ski resort, Ollie, Coco, and Brian must rely on their friendship and sharp minds if they want to escape.
20) Refugee
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Historical Fiction - MID
If You Like Front Desk, Read These!
McKinney March Madness
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
If You Like Front Desk, Read These!
McKinney March Madness
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Formats
Description
Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy livng in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
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