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Short stories
about survival for middle school
Castaways: stories of survival by Gerald Hausman. Six stories about
shipwrecked people struggling to survive in difficult circumstances.
Read for your life: tales of survival from the editors of Read Magazine.
A collection of ten stories by Gary Paulsen, Jules Verne, Jack London
and others
about people who found out what they were--or were not--made of. Won YALSA
award for best fiction.
Teens 911: snowbound, helicopter crash and other true survival stories by
Deborah Morris. Fictionalized accounts of true incidents from across the
United States in which teenagers used their knowledge and skills to save
their
own or someone else's life. Each story is followed by a quiz about
emergency
procedures.
Figs and fate: stories about growing up in the Arab world today by Elsa
Marston. A collection of five stories portraying Arab life in Egypt,
Lebanon,
Syria, a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, and Iraq today.
American Indian voices ed. by Karen Harvey. Includes songs and prayers,
myths and legends, biographical sketches, stories, poetry, and passages
which capture the traditions, beliefs, and history of native American
peoples.
Sword of the samurai: adventure stories from Japan by Eric A. Kimmel.
Seven short stories about samurai warriors, their way of life, courage,
wit, and foolishness. Includes glossary.
Snowshoe trek to Otter River by David Budbill.
Three short stories relate the adventures of twelve-year-old Daniel and
his friend Seth while camping in the woods alone and together.
Desperate Moments [Stories of Escapes an Hurried Journeys] by Phyllis R.
Fenner (1971)
Danger! [Explosive True Adventures of the Great
Outdoors] by Ben east (1970)
Iain Lawrence author - Wreckers is one of a series he has done
Harry Mazur - Wild Kid (and others)
Geraldine McCaughrean - White Darkness (Antarctica)
Cynthia Lord - Rules of Survival
Gary Paulsen - most of his books
The Most Dangerous Game is a classic.
In terms of not surviving, there's Jack London's "To
Build A Fire."
an excerpt from Black Boy by Richard Wright, called "Hunger." It the
part from the book where his mother keeps sending him out on the streets
at night to get groceries and he finally figures out what he has to do
to survive.
booktalk at
http://www.spiritsd.ca/osler/eclection_carlene/storytimes/marooned/marooned.
htm.
For grade seven students completing a thematic unit entitled Marooned.
They
read Hatchet (Paulsen)
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The story of a boy who
becomes a caveman. Wonderfully animated with sound effects
and a self marking comprehension test at the end! You have
the option to have this story read to you with real audio!
(right off the web!) or learn to read difficult story words
before starting. It's all on the next page!
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