If you like … Survival Stories

If you like stories about surviving in the wilderness, with little food, and threatened by storms, floods and wild animals …

Take it easy by David Hill: A tramping trip for problem teenagers, and the most experienced member of the party dies after a heart attack will any of the group survive?
Wild Man Island by Will Hobbs: Storms, treacherous waters, and a mysterious stranger all challenge Andy when he takes off in his canoe to try and find his missing father.
Rescue Josh McGuire by Ben Mikaelson: A bear cub and a boy struggle to survive a wintry blizzard.
Kensuke’s kingdom by Michael Morpurgo: Washed overboard from his parents’ yacht, Michael discovers he is not the only inhabitant of this remote Pacific island.
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen: The only survivor of a plane crash deep in the Rockies, Brian has nothing but his wits and a hatchet to help him stay alive.
Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick: Futuristic tale of an England flooded by rising waters, and one girl’s search for her parents.

If you like stories about young people trying to survive and keep their families together when war or politics forces them out of their homes …

Little soldier by Bernard Ashley: Kaninda was a soldier once, and all his warring instincts rise again when he sees one of his enemy tribe in London.
The breadwinner by Deborah Ellis: Parvana disguises herself as a boy so that she can work to support her family.
Boy overboard by Morris Gleitzman: Ali and his family flee Afghanistan for a new life in Australia.
A little piece of ground by Elizabeth Laird: Karim struggles to live a normal life as a Palestinian boy living under the restrictions of the Israeli military occupation.
Adem’s cross by Alice Mead: Conflict between the ethnic Albanian minority and the Serbian military government in war-torn Kosovo.
Ruby Tanya by Robert Swindells: Asra and Ruby Tanya are determined their friendship will survive terrorist threats.