Survival Stories
* Indicates the title is appropriate for middle school readers.
FICTION
No Exit by Taylor Adams
Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett
The Compound* by S.A. Bodeen (Gr. 7+)
The Raft* by S.A. Bodeen (Gr. 6+)
The Canyon's Edge* Dusti Bowling (Gr. 5+)
To Stay Alive: Mary Ann Graves and the Tragic Journey of the Donner Party* by Skila Brown (Gr. 6+)
Not If I Save You First* by Ally Carter (Gr. 8+)
Jumper by Melanie Crowder
96 Miles* by JL Esplin (Gr. 6+)
Adrift by Paul Griffin
Girl, Stolen* by April Henry (Gr. 8+)
Girl Underwater by Claire Kells
Inuunira: My Story of Survival* by Brian Koonoo (Gr. 7+)
The Call of the Wild* by Jack London (Gr. 7+)
I Am Still Alive* by Kate Marshall (Gr. 8 +)
Be Not Far From Me by Mindy McGinnis
Touching Spirit Bear* by Ben Mikaelsen (Gr. 7+)
Trapped* by Michael Northrop (Gr. 7+)
Hatchet* by Gary Paulsen (Gr. 7+)
The Echo Room* by Parker Peevyhouse (Gr. 8+)
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
The Island* by Natasha Preston (Gr. 8+)
Salt to the Sea* by Ruta Sepetys (Gr. 8+)
Dry by Neal & Jarrod Shusterman
Peak (China and Nepal)* by Roland Smith (Gr. 6+)
Never Coming Home by Kate Williams
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Watership Down: the Graphic Novel* by Richard Adams (Gr. 7+)
NONFICTION
Abandon Ship! A True WWII Story of Disaster and Survival* by Mike Tougias (Gr. 6+)
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea by Steven Callahan
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team* by Christina Soontornvat (Gr. 5+)
The Finest Hours: The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue* by Mike Tougias (Gr. 5+)
Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Germany* by Steve Sheinkin (Gr. 8+)
Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure* by Martin Sandler (Gr. 5+)
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Lost In the Pacific, 1942: Not a Drop to Drink* by Tod Olson (Gr. 6+)
Race to the Bottom of the Earth: Surviving Antarctica* by Rebecca Barone (Gr. 5+)
Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex* by Nathaniel Philbrick (Gr. 6+)
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance* by Jennifer Armstrong (Gr. 5+)
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of 'The Children's Ship'* by Deborah Heiligman (Gr. 5+)
Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert* by Marc Aronson (Gr. 7+)
Unbroken: a World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand