Survival

Hurricane: Open Seas, 1844 (Survival)

During almost four years at sea with her whaling captain father, thirteen-year-old Rebecca finds life both boring and difficult--especially when the ship is nearly sunk by a hurricane.

SURVIVAL! Forest Fire, Minnesota, 1984

Hinckley, Minnesota 1894

Carrie Vaughn and Daniel Johansson are both hoping desperately that the forest fires raging outside Hinckley won't reach town. Carrie has promised her Papa she'll take a train to safety, but she knows she won't -- how could she ever leave her beloved horse, Midnight, to die in the fire? And Daniel's grandmother refuses to leave their boardinghouse -- even if he can somehow raise the train fare.

When all the hoping in the world can't hold back the thick, suffocating smoke and uncontrollable flames, Carrie's disobedience and Grandma's stubbornness put them all in grave danger -- can they escape the merciless path of the fire in time?

SURVIVAL! Fire (Chicago, 1871)

With the Chicago fire raging around him, Nate is desperate to get back to his aunt's boarding house, but somehow he's become responsible for the safety of Julie, also separated from her family.

Blizzard (Survival! Series Book 3)

Kids survive unbelievable events in this spellbinding new series from the author of the "American Diaries" series. In this third volume, Maggie risks her own life to save her spoiled cousin Hadyn when he's lost in a sudden blizzard in Estes Park, Colorado in 1886. This series offers a teacher's guide. (Digest) .

Titanic (Duey, Kathleen. Survival!, Bk. 1.)

The Titanic -- April 14, 1912 Gavin Reilly is working in the Titanic's galley to earn his passage from Ireland to America. He can't wait to join his brother in New York. He has big dreams and bigger ambitions. Karolina Green is returning home to the States with her Aunt Rose after the death of her parents in England. She wants, more than anything, to mend her shattered life in New York.

On a calm, clear April night their hopes and dreams turn into a nightmare -- like those of hundreds of other passengers on the Titanic. Rich and poor, famous and unknown, the people aboard the Titanic find themselves at the mercy of a cold seathat even the greatest ship ever built can't conquer. Few will live to remember the disaster the world still can't forget -- will Gavin and Karolina be among the survivors?

SURVIVAL! Death Valley (California, 1849)

Twins Jessamine and Will must set off on their own across the endless sand and heat of Death Valley when their father's bullheadedness separates the family from their wagon train. A new story in the series that combines disaster and historical fiction.

Survival!: Cave-In St. Claire, Pennsylvania, 1859 (Survival)

Forest Fire, Minnesota, 1894 (Survival)

Swamp: Bayou Teche, Louisiana, 1851 (Survival)

Bayou Teche, 1851

No one in Lily LeGrand's Cajun community is willing to help search for Paul Courville, missing in the bayou along with his mean-spirited older brothers, William and Mark. Why should they? Paul's wealthy plantation-owner father has made no secret of his disdain for Cajuns like Lily's family. But Paul has always been kind to Lily, defending her against his brothers' merciless taunts and humiliating pranks -- and Lily refuses to turn her back on him when his life is in danger.

On her own in the maze of the snake- and alligator-infested bayou, Lily knows she has more to fear than her father's wrath. Her treacherous journey will test both her knowledge of the swamp and her courage. Can she find Paul in time?

Terremoto (Duey, Kathleen. Survival!, Bk. 2.)