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Survival & Wilderness Middle Grade

Explore middle grade books about survival & wilderness for children.

165 books

Cover of The Battle of D-Day, 1944

The Battle of D-Day, 1944

Eleven-year-old Paul finds an American paratrooper behind enemy lines and joins the massive D-Day invasion to help liber

Cover of Leopardstar's Honor

Warriors: Super Edition #14

Leopardstar's Honor

Ambitious Leopardfur is destined to lead RiverClan, but she must decide if she will protect the peace or sacrifice every

Cover of Refugee

Three children from different eras—1930s Germany, 1990s Cuba, and 2015 Syria—undertake harrowing journeys in a desperate

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Cover of The Titan's Curse

Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3

The Titan's Curse

Rick Riordan

Demigod Percy Jackson and his friends from Camp Half-Blood face their most dangerous mission yet as ancient myths collid

Ages 9–14

Cover of The Children's Blizzard, 1888

The Children's Blizzard, 1888

Eleven-year-old John Hale faces the ultimate test of survival when a sunny winter day in the Dakota Territory suddenly t

Cover of The Place of No Stars

Warriors: The Broken Code #5

The Place of No Stars

Suspicion grips the Clans as Squirrelflight vanishes with an impostor, forcing the cats to enter the terrifying Dark For

Cover of Goblin Monday

Goosebumps House of Shivers #2

Mario thinks the Vermont woods are just for snow and legends, but a flash of green fur suggests the stories about trolls

Cover of Halfway to the Sky

Halfway to the Sky

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Twelve-year-old Dani sets out to hike the Appalachian Trail alone to outrun her grief, only to find that healing require

Cover of The Darkest Hour

Warriors: The Prophecies Begin #6

The Darkest Hour

Tigerstar’s quest for power threatens the entire forest, forcing Firestar to decipher a confusing prophecy to lead Thund

Cover of Pony

Accompanied by a ghost and a mysterious pony, twelve-year-old Silas sets out into the night on a perilous mission to res

Cover of Doomwyte

Sinister ravens and hypnotic lights threaten Redwall Abbey as young Bisky leads a daring treasure hunt through dangerous

Cover of The Wide Window

A Series of Unfortunate Events #3

The Wide Window

For children processing the anxiety of constant change or the loss of a loved one, this darkly funny tale proves that ev

Cover of The Arctic Incident

Artemis Fowl #2

The Arctic Incident

To save his kidnapped father from the Russian Mafiya, teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl must do the unthinkable:

Cover of Syren

Septimus Heap #5

Septimus and his dragon Spit Fyre race to bring their friends home, only to become stranded on an island full of dangero

Cover of Squirm

Florida Middle Grade Novels #6

Billy’s summer becomes a wild race across the country involving spy drones, grizzly bears, and a desperate mission to sa

Cover of Virals

Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs

After exposure to a rare canine virus, Tory and her friends develop superhuman senses that they must use to solve a cold

Cover of Goes South

Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley heads to Mexico on a high-stakes mission to stop the CIA's most dangerous enemy, the evil o

Cover of Run for the Hills, Geronimo!

Geronimo Stilton #76

Run for the Hills, Geronimo!

Elisabetta Dami

The magic and creatures of the Kingdom of Fantasy spill into the streets of New Mouse City in a high-stakes adventure wi

Cover of The Brightest Night

Wings of Fire #5

The Brightest Night

Tui T. Sutherland

The Dragonets of Destiny must unite seven warring tribes and choose a new queen to finally bring peace to the land of Py

Cover of The Borrowers Afield

The Borrowers #2

The Borrowers Afield

Life under the kitchen floor is over for the tiny Clock family, who must now learn to survive the giant, unpredictable w

Cover of My Name is Not Angelica

My Name is Not Angelica

A young Senegalese girl is brought to the Caribbean in 1733, where she must find the strength to join a historic slave r

Cover of To Walk the Sky Path

To Walk the Sky Path

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Ten-year-old Billie moves from the Florida Everglades toward modern civilization, leaving him torn between his Seminole

Cover of Apocalypse

Survival is the only goal when Kit and his parents crash their sailboat on a remote island ruled by a primitive sect tha

Cover of Charlie Thorne and the Lost City

Charlie Thorne #2

Charlie Thorne and the Lost City

A cryptic code left behind by Charles Darwin pulls genius Charlie Thorne out of hiding and into a high-stakes search for

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