Titres dans Histoires de survie

Gavin McNally is an eleven-year-old who lives in a small Northern California town. Just as he’s preparing to enter middle school, Gavin’s parents announce that the family will spend the next year traveling the country in an RV. How boring! But Gavin learns that a year in an RV can be many things—terrifying, death-defying, action-packed—but it’s definitely not boring!

When three eleven-year-old ‘problem children’ are thrown together at summer camp, they’re challenged to build a place to live together for the next week. But after a trip to a disused tin-mine goes awry, Milo and his new friends, Oscar and Effie, soon find themselves split off from the group and trapped underground. Can they work through their individual issues and come together as a team to find their way to freedom?

When seven strangers arrive at a small Australian caravan park to tell Hadley Boggs that her dad is the long-lost heir to the kingdom of Ludrovia, she can hardly believe it. Her dad -- the world's most indecisive man, a man who takes the advice of their pet budgie, a man named BARRY -- is king?! Soon, Hadley jets off to an exciting new life, where she meets dancing goats, learns of an ancient Ludrovian prophecy and comes face to face with the country's hair-obsessed president.

Er hatte sich anfänglich gut amüsiert, lernte Freunde kennen, und verbündete sich gegen einen gemeinsamen Feind. Mit der Zeit wurde er zum Helden, aber nach einem bedauerlichen Vorfall wurde er von Bewohnern des Waldes als ein gefallener Held bezeichnet. Dabei war er ein sehr gutmütiger, lebensbejahender und freundlicher Zeitgenosse, der die Annehmlickeiten des Lebens wie z.B leckere Waldbeeren genoss und auch sonst sehr umgänglich ist.

Caleb's finest hour is his deepest secret. Not even his parents knew what really happened after three nights in the wilderness. Now another school, another class, and another group of kids who were not his friends.

Sarah, Forest Animal Whisperer is a story about a young girl named Sarah who has a special connection to the animals in the forest. With the help of her animal friends, she is called on a journey to the heart of the forest to save it from peril. Along the way, she encounters strange creatures and learns about the lives of the animals, using her gift to communicate with them.

Twelve-year-old Tegan and his friends are excited to set out on a weeklong backpacking trip through the wilderness in Shadow Canyon, known for its vast forests and jaw-droppingly deep canyon. But after the group sets off on a little-used trail to visit a remote waterfall, they soon discover that the path markers they’ve been following have mysteriously disappeared, leaving them hopelessly lost.

When classmates Baxter, Abigail, Turner and Emerson are forced to go to the middle of nowhere for a school project, they think things can’t get much worse. Why on earth do they need to learn how to survive in the wilderness by an eccentric instructor? But what starts off as a weekend of team building turns dangerous when their instructor goes missing and they are left with nothing but the pages of a survival handbook to complete a series of challenges.

Fifteen-year-old Smiler is still on the run. Smiler is aiming to evade the police until his father, a ship’s cook, comes home to clear him of a crime he hasn't committed.

Même chez les kangourous, la vie n’est pas facile quand on est un enfant différent. La petite Séléna en sait quelque chose, elle qui est toujours rejetée, brimée et humiliée à cause d’une rare différence, à peine perceptible pour un être humain, mais tout à fait inacceptable au pays des Kangourous.

In the Congo, a herd of giraffes dreams of a land of acacia trees. When the dry season comes, Bongani and his herd must move north with the rains to find it, but the Congo can be a dangerous place. Especially for giraffes. On their way, they meet old friends and treacherous foes. In the sweet lilt of poetry, this story paints a poignant image of a struggle we can all identify with. Join Bongani and his family on a wondrous journey as they travel toward their destination: a land of peace.

Lei, a teen struggling through life’s trial, has come to his wits' end. His land is in a famine, the girl he loves has no idea how he feels about her, and his mother lay on her deathbed. On top of it all, a paralyzing anxiety prevents him from doing anything about his problems. When rumors of a mythical dragon wreaking havoc along southern China reaches his village, Lei and several others journey to validate the threat. For Lei to overcome everything in his way, he must grow to become what he was meant to be. Lei must learn the way of dragons.

Kaya’s beloved horse, Steps High, has been captured by enemy raiders. Kaya fears she’ll never see Steps High again, until she hears of a herd of spotted horses running wild in the mountains. As she travels with a hunting party into the mountains, Kaya is troubled by the smoke she smells on the wind—smoke from mountain fires. While searching desperately for Steps High, Kaya has to face a fear greater than any she’s ever known.

Every day Calbert is forced to face his bully, Ernie, at school. Until one day when a teacher sends the boys to the storage room to pick up a few items. She is unaware of their bully/victim relationship. While in the storage room, the school catches on fire. The boys discover quickly that they are trapped and the only way out is through a high, small window. Ernie must lift Calbert out of the window. As he watches Calbert run from the burning building, he wonders, "Will this boy who I have mistreated for so long continue to run to safety, or will he come back for me?"

When movie director Larry Trimble travels to Berlin searching for his next big star—a dog!—he finds Etzel, a fierce, highly trained three-year-old German shepherd police dog. Larry sees past the snarls and growls and brings Etzel back to Hollywood, where he is renamed Strongheart. Along with screenwriter Jane Murfin, Larry grooms his protégé to be a star of the silver screen—and he succeeds, starting with Strongheart's first film, The Love Master, which is released in 1921. Strongheart is soon joined by a leading lady, a German shepherd named Lady Julie, and becomes a sensation.

Professor Artemus Quinn, a silverback gorilla who’s the headmaster of the School of Animal Magic (SAM), has taken a leave of absence to search for his missing young nephew Kembi. When Professor Quinn himself vanishes, SAM’s boldest action team—Maisha the elephant, Jonas the cattle egret, and Maliki the white lion—sets off to discover who’s behind these mysterious disappearances. Will they make it in time to save their friends?

When the cosmic fabric separating the dimensions rips open and spits the inhabitants of Purgatory into the small, west Texas town of Eden, the initial rip is so forceful it kills everyone and everything that isn’t underground. The only thing that saves 14-year-old Jack is that he just happened to be in the school basement at the time.

Fourteen-year-old Swift loves the study of medicine. His interest is almost a match to his fascination with sea myths—particularly for the Star of Atlantis, a lost relic from Welsh pirate history. In struggling to “grow up”, Swift sets his sights on competing for a seat in a highly selective internship, for young students aspiring to someday read medicine, until…

Lola prepares to evacuate with her father and grandmother while making sure her pets are safe. A relatable story to help children prepare for hurricane evacuation. The book takes a social-emotional learning approach to prepare children for possible hurricane evacuation.

Petra Luna escaped the terror of the Mexican Revolution to come to America. Now that they are safe, Petra and her family can begin again in this country that promises so much. Still, twelve-year-old Petra knows that her abuelita, little sister, and baby brother depend on her to survive. She leads her family from a smallpox stricken refugee camp on the Texas border to the buzzing city of San Antonio, where they work hard to build a new life. And for the first time ever, Petra has a chance to learn to read and write.