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An up-to-the-minute survival guide from the creator of Survivorman explores how to stay alive in the wild, in the jungle, in the desert, and in urban disasters.
From the sun-scorched sands of the Kalahari to the snake-infested jungles of the Amazon, Les Stroud has made a life of surviving in the harshest-and most remote-regions on Earth.
Now, the creator, producer, and host of the hit television program Survivorman transfers his decades of knowledge...
62) Swarm
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On a sunny September morning, the creatures first appear. Shur sees one of them hovering outside the window in history class: it looks like a giant butterfly, at first too beautiful and strange to seem like a threat. But when emergency alerts light up everyone's phones around her, she realizes something very, very wrong is happening outside. These… things are everywhere. By the time Shur makes it back to her house with her brother, Keene, and their...
63) Raging storm
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When a solar flare wiped out all modern technology, the small town of Abney, Texas, was thrown into chaos. Shelby Sparks and her teenage son, Carter, have finally found refuge, but Shelby knows she can't remain hidden forever. Carter is a type 1 diabetic in need of insulin--and Shelby will risk a trek to Austin to make sure he gets it. Shelby's best friend and high-school sweetheart, Max Berkman, won't even consider letting her make the perilous journey...
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IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
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When the Twin Towers fall on September 11, 2001, blocks from her school, twelve-year-old Molly, unable to reach her dads or Gran, must find her seven-year-old sister, Adi, and get her safely home. Includes author's note, glossary, and discussion questions.
66) Lost!
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Survivor diaries volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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In an interview with a reporter, eleven-year-old Carter recounts his tale of survival with twelve-year-old Anna in the perilous jungles of Costa Rica. Includes a list of suvival kit items.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
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When the Great Kanto Earthquake strikes Tokyo on September 1, 1923, twelve-year-old Fumiko must navigate the ensuing chaos and confusion in her fight for survival. Includes information about the Great Kanto Earthquake, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.
69) The Blazing Star
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IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
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After facing their first battle, the remaining mountain cats must seek the Blazing Star in order to survive a new threat: a deadly disease sweeping through their territory.
70) Twelfth Night
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.
In CliffsNotes on Twelfth Night, you follow several separate groups of characters whose stories are flawlessly woven together to produce one of Shakespeare's lightest, most...
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Dealing with the unthinkable
It's never going to be you. Then one day you hear the clatter of automatic fire at the mall. You have been drawn into the chaos and terror of an active shooter event. What do you do? Who do you turn to?
Be a Hero is the essential guide to terrorist attacks that will help you survive. Former Special Air Service terror expert John Geddes will explain how to cope with a life-threatening event. He shows you how to make clear...
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Whether there's a power outage, the wi-fi goes out, or you are asked to quarantine, you should have plans and preparedness goals that don't take over your space and your life. George providea guide to help you transform your home from entertaining mode to disaster-ready mode, using clever ways to store emergency items. Your home is your sanctuary-- it should be a place of safety, comfort, and beauty! -- adapted from back cover
73) The capture
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Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
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Soren, a barn owl that is captured and taken to a special school for orphaned owls, is befriended by elf owl Gylfie and together the two set out to discover what is really going on at St. Aegolius Academy.
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IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
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The world is not tame. Ashley knows this truth deep in her bones, more at home with trees overhead than a roof. So when she goes hiking in the Smokies with her friends for a night of partying, the falling dark and creaking trees are second nature to her. But people are not tame either. And when Ashley catches her boyfriend with another girl, drunken rage sends her running into the night, stopped only by a nasty fall into a ravine. Morning brings the...
76) Horizon
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
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When Aero Horizon 16 crashes in the Arctic, eight children emerge from the wreckage to find themselves alone and surrounded, not by ice, but by a mysterious and deadly jungle full of carnivorous plants and predatory birds--the other five hundred people from the plane are gone, not necessarily dead, but taken by something that lives in the jungle.
77) Wild Man Island
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IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
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After fourteen-year-old Andy slips away from his kayaking group to visit the wilderness site of his archaeologist father's death, a storm strands him on Admiralty Island, Alaska, where he manages to survive, encounters unexpected animal and human inh
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This title focuses on hurricanes and gives information on what they are, how to prepare for them, and how to survive. The title is complete with beautiful, colorful photographs and simple text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.--Amazon.com.
79) Abel's island
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Castaway on an uninhabited island, Abel, a very civilized mouse, finds his resourcefulness and endurance tested to the limit as he struggles to survive and return to his home.
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IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
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The people of fourteenth-century Florence, Italy, starving after years of bad weather and natural disasters, now face the Black Plague but twelve-year-old Maria is determined to survive. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion question.
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