wilderness survival

Call of the Klonkike: A True Gold Rush Adventure

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Copies: 7

When a ship full of gold arrives in Seattle, thousands of men rush to get to the Klondike goldfields-fast. But the journey is risky. Prospectors must haul a year's worth of supplies over steep mountain passes and navigate five hundred miles of treacherous lakes and rivers to reach Dawson City, in Canada. Will Stanley Pearce and Marshall Bond, two young prospectors, survive the dangerous journey? And will they strike gold and find their fortunes?

Author:

David Meissner and Kim Richardson

Lexile:

1100L

Call of the Klonkike: A True Gold Rush Adventure

Lord of the Flies

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Under the direction of Peter Brook, William Golding's fable about a swarm of young boys who, without adult supervision, devolve into chaos after crash-landing on a remote island during wartime becomes an unforgettable vision of cinematic horror. Shot with almost vérité camera work, Lord of the Flies takes a radical approach to Golding's allegory, grounding it in a terrifying reality.

Director:

Peter Brook

Grade Level:

High

Length:

01:30

My Side of the Mountain

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My Side of the Mountain, based on the book by Jean George, is the unique adventure of thirteen-year-old Sam Gribley. Sam's hero is naturalist poet Henry David Thoreau, so Sam writes a note for his folks, packs up and leaves 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.

Director:

James B. Clark

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

01:40

The River

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"We want you to do it again."

These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for 54 days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived.

Author:

Gary Paulsen

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Lexile:

960L

Length:

02:32

The Sign of the Beaver

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Copies: 30

Until the day his father returns to their cabin in the Maine wilderness, twelve-year-old Matt must try to survive on his own. Although Matt is brave, he's not prepared for an attack by swarming bees, and he's astonished when he's rescued by an Indian chief and his grandson, Attean.

Author:

Elizabeth George Speare

Lexile:

770L

Into the Wild (Unabridged)

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In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself.

Author:

Jon Krakauer

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

1270L

Length:

07:06

Hatchet (Unabridged)

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Newbery Award-winner Gary Paulsen's best-known book comes to audio in this breathless, heart-gripping drama about a boy pitted against the wilderness with only a hatchet and a will to live.

Author:

Gary Paulsen

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

1020L

Length:

07:30

Brian's Winter (Unabridged) (Unabridged Fiction)

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In Hatchet, 13-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness, armed only with his hatchet. Finally, as millions of readers know, he was rescued at the end of the summer. But what if Brian hadn't been rescued? What if he had been left to face his deadliest enemy - winter?

Author:

Gary Paulsen

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

1140L

Length:

03:11

Brian's Winter (Unabridged) (Unabridged Fiction)

The Hunger Games (Unabridged) (Unabridged Fiction)

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Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don't live to see the morning?

Author:

Suzanne Collins

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

810L

Length:

22:23

The Hunger Games (Unabridged) (Unabridged Fiction)

Island of the Blue Dolphins (Unabridged)

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Island of the Blue Dolphins is the remarkable story of a strange and beautiful Indian girl who lives a serene and courageous life as the solitary survivor on a rocky island off the California coast. The island looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, blue dolphins swim, otters frolic in the surf, and sea elephants and birds abound.

Author:

Scott O'Dell

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

1000L

Length:

03:57

Island of the Blue Dolphins (Unabridged)