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181) Hide and seek
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
In the remote mountains of Arizona where he lives with his mother, stepfather, and two sisters, fourteen-year-old Chase discovers two kidnapped boys and gets caught up in a dangerous adventure when he comes up with a plan to get them to safety.
182) Zombie Diaries
Description
"Set in England during a world-wide viral infection, this documentary-style frightfest records the rise of the undead from the videocams of several survivor groups. As each struggles against the flesh-eating hordes, an even more horrifying fate lurks among them." -- container.
183) Deliverance
Pub. Date
1972.
Description
The Cahulawassee River is soon to be destroyed, along with the beautiful country that surrounds it. Eager to see it before it's gone, adventurer and outdoor fanatic, Lewis, organizes a trip for himself and his three friends, Ed, Drew and Bobby. They will canoe their way from top to bottom in search of great adventure. What they don't know is that they are in for much more than they originally bargained. Two mountain men take Ed and Bobby hostage....
Description
Mors Kochanski demonstrates snowshoes, pack frames, saw frames and axe handles. Exceptionally handy tools for Wilderness Living that will make your stay in the woods more comfortable. Learn how to make snowshoes from small trees, pack frames from 3 sticks to carry those awkward loads, saw frames from 1 stick for those Swede saw blades, to fall large trees. How to build an axe handle from a birch tree. 94 minutes
185) Bushcraft: Shelters
Description
Bushcraft Shelters Mors Kochanski has spent a lifetime gathering Bushcraft knowledge and has been an instructor for over 40 years. Wilderness enthusiasts, teachers, and people who make their living in the bush will find this DVD an invaluable addition to their educational libraries. In this DVD, Mors covers the construction and physics of survival shelters, using both natural materials and modern survival kit components. Topics include: Thermal Mass...
Description
A dull knife is dangerous. How many times have we heard this? Learn how to sharpen knives and axes to a shaving sharpness. Learn about the most common injuries with the knife and axe and how to avoid these painful and embarrassing cuts. Learn how to sharpen a Swede saw and more importantly how to handle a Swede saw safely.
Series
Pub. Date
[1969]
Description
Thirteen-year-old Sam Gribley's hero is naturalist poet Henry David Thoreau. So Sam decides to write a note to his folks, pack up some of his belongings and leave home for the challenge of wilderness living. Realizing his dream, Sam feeds himself, builds a makeshift home and learns to live in harmony with nature -- miles from civilization.
188) Eight below
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
An American geologist flies to Antarctica to participate in a project at the United States Research Base. Once there, he teams up with arctic guide Jerry Shepard and his best friend, Cooper. The scientist soon discovers that Shepard also has eight other valuable friends, a pack of sled dogs he's worked with for years who have rescued him from a number of tight spots. As the three men explore a frozen mountain region, an unexpected accident coupled...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
A group of college kids show up on an island for adventure and the annual Cinco de Mayo treasure hunt. Handcuffed together into male & female pairs, the couple to collect the most pairs of underwear by the finish line wins. But the fun and games turn into a contest of survival when two co-eds smash an ancient pi©łata reviving the demon spirits within.
Author
Series
Hunger Games volume 1
Pub. Date
[2009], c2008
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Description
"In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward...
192) The strangers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
A couple staying at an isolated vacation home, returns from a wedding reception. They receive a knock on the door in the middle of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. As the night goes on, the reality of their psychological terror becomes more terrifying than anything both could have imagined. Now, they must go beyond what either of them thought they were capable of in order to survive....
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Appears on these lists
CSL - AAPI Books
CSL - Identity, Social Justice, and EDI
CSL - Shorter book club reads
CSL - Woman Authors
CSL - Identity, Social Justice, and EDI
CSL - Shorter book club reads
CSL - Woman Authors
Description
When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of a safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.
194) The Road
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
A holocaust has destroyed the world. Civilization lies in ruins. Nothing grows. The Man and his young son, the Boy, struggle across the devastated, post-apocalyptic landscape, pushing their belongings in a shopping cart, hoping to reach the coast. It is almost impossible to find any food. Life on the road is a deadly game of hide, seek, and devour with bloodthirsty bands of roving, starving, survivalist types, many of whom have fallen into cannibalism....
Description
After being shipwrecked on an island as a little girl, Rosella grows up learning to talk and sing with a family of loving animals: the red panda Sagi, the peacock Azul and the baby elephant Tika. But when Prince Antonio discovers their tropical paradise, curiosity about her past leads Rosella to journey with the prince to his castle. As she and her animal friends explore civilization, they uncover an evil plot to take over the kingdom.
Series
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
When destiny calls, the Oceanic 6 frantically race back to the island. As a result of Ben moving the island, the survivors left on the island begin skipping through time. The survivors discover that they've run into The Others 50 years in the past, but Richard Alpert is the same age. In Los Angeles, Kate tries to find out who is trying to take Aaron away from her. In order to avoid being killed, Ben promises to offer proof to Sun that Jin is still...
198) The omega man
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Welcome to the future where biological warfare has decimated life on Earth. Los Angeles is a windswept ghost town where Robert Neville tools his convertible through sunlit streets foraging for supplies. He fends off attacks by The Family-- sinister neopeople spawned by the plague. He also becomes a man with a mission after meeting Lisa, another infected survivor, and guardian of some healthy children representing our species' hope.
199) Wild ride
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When their plane crashes while on the way to visit their environmentalist parents, who are working to stop a logging company from clear-cutting a remote valley, Devin, Nadia, and Marcus, relying on their survival skills, discover that they are stranded with the enemy.