Survival Stories

Take flight with the ender dragon in this official Minecraft novel! When a desert town is threatened by illager raids, a young adventurer turns to a newborn dragon to save her home....

In 1894, 12-year-old Matilda flees the city slums to find her unknown father and his farm. But drought grips the land, and the shearers are on strike. Her father has turned swaggie, and he's wanted by the troopers....

The village of Cornucopia is practically perfect in every way. Plenty of food, cozy homes, and a huge wall to keep everyone safe from the scary world outside. What more could a kid possibly need? Well, a lot, actually....

Jack, Kate, their parents, and pet cat Bruce Lee the Scar-Faced Ninja Attack Kitty from Japan (Who Smells Like Poop) went to bed one night like normal. But when they woke up, everything was not normal. They had been pulled into the kid's favorite video game: Minecraft....

Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods - all by himself....

In 1985 southern Sudan is ravaged by war. Rebels and government forces battle for control, with ordinary people…people like the boy, Salva Dut…caught in the middle....

Alice-Miranda and her friends are off to the Australian Outback! They’re going to help an old family friend who’s found himself short staffed during cattle mustering season....

Ralph and Robyn live at Crocodile Lodge, their family ranch in South Africa, where they help with the animals, aid the conservation effort and learn the land. That is, until a mysterious predator starts terrorising the reserve....

It’s a dream come true. Every year, only twenty-four kids in the entire state are selected to show off their Minecraft skills in the Southwest Regional Tournament. And Jett Warner just got his invitation.

Ten-year-old George Calder can't believe his luck - he and his little sister, Phoebe, are on the famous Titanic, crossing the ocean with their aunt Daisy....

When the fourth member of the Mob Squad vanishes in the night, along with most of the town’s potions, Cornucopia’s elders think they’re dealing with a runaway thief. But Tok wouldn’t just leave without saying anything. And there’s no way he’s a potion thief....

A mysterious village. A frightening diary. A spooky mystery. Baby Zeke and Harold are traveling with Otis and Bob across a desert biome. When they are forced to wait out a storm, they discover a new village. But it isn't like any village they've ever encountered....

This stunning book from the survival story master, set along a rugged coastline centuries ago, does for the ocean what Hatchet does for the woods, as it relates the story of a young person’s battle to stay alive against the odds, where the high seas meet a coastal wilderness....

This timely and powerful novel tells the story of three different children seeking refuge....

The Triad Bastion might have been destroyed by Calvin, Professor Johansson and Beatriz but Calvin will soon discover that there is a secret criminal organization that works relentlessly to avenge the fall of the Triad Bastion – the Triad Society!

Three down-on-their-luck adventurers seek a lost civilization in this epic Minecraft novel....

Eleven-year-old Japanese American Owen has been in Japan for his sixth-grade year. By March he finally feels like he's getting the hang of the new culture....

New York Times best-selling author Lauren Tarshis tackles the historic grizzly bear attacks in Glacier National Park in this latest installment of the groundbreaking I Survived series....

I'm just one girl. What can I do? Sam's cosy life as daughter of the deputy prime minister is about to end. These are turbulent times. Borders have closed, and protests are turning violent. The government blames the country's youth and is cracking down hard....

This harrowing middle-grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small Colorado town.

As this collection begins, Winter and Winston have just joined Wex and his rebels inside their hidden Nether fortress. What will they find inside? What missions will they undertake? When will the war against the Guild commence? Find out....

Rachel is still reeling from the news that the Earth is secretly under attack by parasitic aliens known as the Yeerks. And that she and her friends are the planet's only defense....

Against all odds, cubs Stellan, Jytte, Third, and Froya have found the key hidden inside the legendary Den of Forever Frost. Now, they have everything they need to destroy the dangerous ice clock. Everything - except an army....

The greatest adventure of all begins here, in the epic prehistoric children's novel from bestselling author, academic and broadcaster, Professor Alice Roberts....

There were warning signs that the molasses tank would break. The steel sides moaned and groaned. Molasses oozed from its seams. But the people of Boston's North End - mostly poor immigrants - were powerless to complain to the big molasses company....