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Rock and mountain survival stories / by Liz Sonneborn.
Sonneborn, Liz,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 613.6 Son Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781098292232
Pub. Info: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, 2024.
Target Audience: 6-12. 1050 Lexile.
Contains true stories of people who got lost in rocky and mountainous terrain and survived to tell about it. Discusses the unique dangers of such terrain and things readers can do to prepare for exploring and adventuring in the mountains. Includes photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
Sonneborn, Liz,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 613.6 Son Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781098292232
Pub. Info: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, 2024.
Target Audience: 6-12. 1050 Lexile.
Contains true stories of people who got lost in rocky and mountainous terrain and survived to tell about it. Discusses the unique dangers of such terrain and things readers can do to prepare for exploring and adventuring in the mountains. Includes photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
Ocean survival stories / by Rebecca Rowell.
Rowell, Rebecca,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 613.6 Row Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781098292225
Pub. Info: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, 2024.
Target Audience: 6-12. 930 Lexile.
Contains true stories of people who got lost or stranded in the ocean and survived to tell about it. Discusses the unique dangers of the ocean and things readers can do to prepare for traveling and exploring the ocean. Includes photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
Rowell, Rebecca,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 613.6 Row Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781098292225
Pub. Info: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, 2024.
Target Audience: 6-12. 930 Lexile.
Contains true stories of people who got lost or stranded in the ocean and survived to tell about it. Discusses the unique dangers of the ocean and things readers can do to prepare for traveling and exploring the ocean. Includes photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
Forest and jungle survival stories / by Alexis Burling.
Burling, Alexis,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 613.6 Bur Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781098292218
Pub. Info: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, 2024.
Target Audience: 6-12. 1070 Lexile.
Contains true stories of people who got lost or stranded in jungles and survived to tell about it. Discusses the unique dangers of jungles and things readers can do to prepare for exploring and adventuring in them. Includes photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
Burling, Alexis,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 613.6 Bur Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781098292218
Pub. Info: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, 2024.
Target Audience: 6-12. 1070 Lexile.
Contains true stories of people who got lost or stranded in jungles and survived to tell about it. Discusses the unique dangers of jungles and things readers can do to prepare for exploring and adventuring in them. Includes photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
Cave and mine survival stories / by Sue Bradford Edwards.
Edwards, Sue Bradford,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 613.6 Edw Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781098292188
Pub. Info: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, 2024.
Target Audience: 6-12. 1140 Lexile.
Contains true stories of people getting trapped or lost in caves and mines and surviving to tell about it. Discusses the unique dangers of caves and mines and things readers can do to prepare for exploring and adventuring in them. Includes photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
Edwards, Sue Bradford,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 613.6 Edw Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781098292188
Pub. Info: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, 2024.
Target Audience: 6-12. 1140 Lexile.
Contains true stories of people getting trapped or lost in caves and mines and surviving to tell about it. Discusses the unique dangers of caves and mines and things readers can do to prepare for exploring and adventuring in them. Includes photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
Field & Stream's guide to outdoor survival / T. Edward Nickens and the editors of Field & Stream ; contributors, Keith McCafferty, Rich Johnson ; additional text by Robert F. James.
Nickens, T. Edward,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 796.5 Nic Collection: TX
ISBN: 1482423049
Pub. Info: ©2015
Includes index.
Features practical advice to apply in survival situations, covering how to start a fire in the rain and snow, cross a raging river in a makeshift raft, identify edible insects, and handle a bear encounter.
Nickens, T. Edward,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 796.5 Nic Collection: TX
ISBN: 1482423049
Pub. Info: ©2015
Includes index.
Features practical advice to apply in survival situations, covering how to start a fire in the rain and snow, cross a raging river in a makeshift raft, identify edible insects, and handle a bear encounter.
Survival debate : a rip-roaring game of either/or questions / by Erik Heinrich.
Heinrich, Erik.
Branch: 1033
Call Number: 160 Hei Collection: TX
ISBN: 1429685948 :
Pub. Info: North Mankato, MN : Capstone Press, c2013.
Target Audience: IG950 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.6 0.5 152222 IN
"Edge books."
Relates information on survival skills and offers intriguing either/or questions to encourage critical thinking and debate.
Electronic Access:
Heinrich, Erik.
Branch: 1033
Call Number: 160 Hei Collection: TX
ISBN: 1429685948 :
Pub. Info: North Mankato, MN : Capstone Press, c2013.
Target Audience: IG950 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.6 0.5 152222 IN
"Edge books."
Relates information on survival skills and offers intriguing either/or questions to encourage critical thinking and debate.
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Where to start : a survival guide to anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges / from Mental Health America ; illustrated by Gemma Correll.
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 618.92 Whe Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780593531419
Pub. Info: New York : Rocky Pond Books, 2024.
Target Audience: 7-12. 910 Lexile.
Offers advice, resources, and encouragement for readers facing mental health challenges. Offers jargon-free information on common mental illnesses, as well as self-assessment tools and advice on seeking professional help and practicing self-care. Includes illustrations and worksheets.
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 618.92 Whe Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780593531419
Pub. Info: New York : Rocky Pond Books, 2024.
Target Audience: 7-12. 910 Lexile.
Offers advice, resources, and encouragement for readers facing mental health challenges. Offers jargon-free information on common mental illnesses, as well as self-assessment tools and advice on seeking professional help and practicing self-care. Includes illustrations and worksheets.
Impossible escape : a true story of survival and heroism in Nazi Europe / Steve Sheinkin.
Sheinkin, Steve,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 940.53 She Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781250265722
Pub. Info: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2023.
Target Audience: 6.1. 8-12. 850 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader UG 6.1 8.0
In 1944, teenager Rudolf "Rudi" Vrba and his friend, Alfred Wetzler, plan a daring escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, knowing they must warn the world of what the Nazis are doing to their Jewish family and friends. Meanwhile, in Hungary, Gerta Sidonovâa, a schoolmate of Rudi's, hides with her Jewish family under alternate identities--but the Hungarian government is close to caving to the German Nazis, and if they don't get out soon Gerta and her family may be given up to capture.
Sheinkin, Steve,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 940.53 She Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781250265722
Pub. Info: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2023.
Target Audience: 6.1. 8-12. 850 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader UG 6.1 8.0
In 1944, teenager Rudolf "Rudi" Vrba and his friend, Alfred Wetzler, plan a daring escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, knowing they must warn the world of what the Nazis are doing to their Jewish family and friends. Meanwhile, in Hungary, Gerta Sidonovâa, a schoolmate of Rudi's, hides with her Jewish family under alternate identities--but the Hungarian government is close to caving to the German Nazis, and if they don't get out soon Gerta and her family may be given up to capture.
Don't look back : a memoir of war, survival, and my journey from Sudan to America / Achut Deng and Keely Hutton.
Deng, Achut,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: B Den Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780374389727
Pub. Info: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2022.
Target Audience: 7-12. 910 Lexile.
Chronicles the life of Achut Deng, who lived in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya for ten years during the Second Sudanese Civil War and was eventually relocated to the United States where she now lives. Details her experiences growing up in a war zone and what it was like living in Kakuma where living conditions became dire as it became the world's largest refugee camp over the next ten years. Discusses Deng's experiences adjusting to life in the United States and the culture shock she experienced once coming to America.
Deng, Achut,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: B Den Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780374389727
Pub. Info: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2022.
Target Audience: 7-12. 910 Lexile.
Chronicles the life of Achut Deng, who lived in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya for ten years during the Second Sudanese Civil War and was eventually relocated to the United States where she now lives. Details her experiences growing up in a war zone and what it was like living in Kakuma where living conditions became dire as it became the world's largest refugee camp over the next ten years. Discusses Deng's experiences adjusting to life in the United States and the culture shock she experienced once coming to America.
Pushing hope : an illustrated memoir of survival / Raymond Santana ; illustrated by Keith Henry Brown.
Santana, Raymond,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: B San Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781662681400
Pub. Info: New York : Calkins Creek, 2025.
Target Audience: 9-12.
Chronicles the life of Raymond Santana, one of the Central Park Five, who were accused of raping a woman in Central Park in 1989 and sentenced to prison for a crime they didn't commit, and details his move to Harlem before the crime, his arrest and trial, and his time in prison. Explores how Santana has worked to fight wrongful convictions and injustice ever since his exoneration and release from prison in 2002, and highlights how he has gone on to become an artist, fashion designer, activist, and businessman. Includes color illustrations.
Santana, Raymond,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: B San Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781662681400
Pub. Info: New York : Calkins Creek, 2025.
Target Audience: 9-12.
Chronicles the life of Raymond Santana, one of the Central Park Five, who were accused of raping a woman in Central Park in 1989 and sentenced to prison for a crime they didn't commit, and details his move to Harlem before the crime, his arrest and trial, and his time in prison. Explores how Santana has worked to fight wrongful convictions and injustice ever since his exoneration and release from prison in 2002, and highlights how he has gone on to become an artist, fashion designer, activist, and businessman. Includes color illustrations.