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Survival & Wilderness Young Adult

Explore young adult books about survival & wilderness for children.

315 books

Cover of Blood Red Road

In a lawless future, fierce and angry Saba must cross a dying wasteland to rescue her kidnapped twin brother from armed

Cover of The Grace Year

In Garner County, sixteen-year-old girls are banished to the woods for a year of purification, but the greatest threat i

Cover of Seasparrow

Graceling Realm #5

Kristin Cashore

For the teen navigating the quiet aftermath of trauma who needs to see that survival is as much about emotional processi

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Medicine Walk

Ardath Mayhar

For the child stepping into big responsibilities, this survival story follows a boy's grueling desert trek to save his f

Ages 10–14

Cover of Highway Bodies

For teens finding their way in a world that feels unrecognizable, this survival story celebrates the strength found in q

Cover of To Stay Alive

Freezing temperatures and dwindling supplies push a young girl to her limits in this harrowing firsthand account of surv

Cover of These Broken Stars

These Broken Stars

Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner

A luxury spaceliner crashes on a deserted planet, leaving an heiress and a young soldier to survive a terrain haunted by

Cover of Orphaned

The Ape Quartet #4

After a natural disaster separates her from her troop, a young gorilla must step up to protect her sibling in a dangerou

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What Beauty There Is #1

What Beauty There Is

For teens grappling with the weight of responsibility and the lengths we go to for family, this grit-filled story explor

Cover of I'll Be There

I'll Be There #1

Holly Goldberg Sloan

A chance encounter at a church choir rehearsal sparks an intense connection between Emily and Sam, two teens searching f

Cover of No Escape

Two years after a deadly virus decimated the population, Leon and Freya search for safety among the ruins of the world.

Cover of Battle Magic

The Circle Reforged #3

Mages Briar and Rosethorn travel to the Emperor's birthday gala, but a suspicious invitation suggests a dangerous trap a

Cover of This Night So Dark

This Night So Dark

Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner

For the reader who feels the weight of high expectations and needs to see that true bravery is forged through grit and s

Cover of Rebellion

One month after landing on Earth, four young leaders must protect their people from a terrifying new threat that tests t

Cover of Idols

Dol, one of the few humans immune to the alien Icons' heart-stopping power, must flee to a resistance outpost and search

Cover of Dan Versus Nature

Dan Versus Nature

A scrawny teen’s plan to prank his future stepfather goes hilariously wrong when a man-hungry bear and a survivalist cam

Cover of Where Wolves Don't Die

Where Wolves Don't Die

Wrongfully accused of arson, an Ojibwe boy flees the city to hide in the Canadian wilderness, learning traditional survi

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Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined

Danielle Younge-Ullman

Ingrid heads into a grueling wilderness camp to prove she is tough enough for the stage while her mother struggles with

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Rift Walkers #2

For the teen who feels like an outsider or struggles with the pressure to conform, this high-stakes adventure explores f

Cover of Diamond Boy

Michael Williams

Patson survives the brutal diamond mines of Zimbabwe before embarking on a desperate trek to South Africa to find his mi

Cover of The Good Hawk

Agatha guards the walls and Jaime fears the sea, but when their clan is kidnapped, these two unlikely heroes must trek a

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The Hunger Games

Sunrise on the Reaping

Suzanne Collins

For the teen grappling with how media and propaganda shape our truth, this intense prequel explores a young man's fight

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On the Edge of Gone

A comet will hit Amsterdam in one hour. Denise, who is autistic, must find her sister and get her undependable mother on

Cover of Bluebird

In 1946, Eva, a survivor of Nazi experiments, arrives in New York City seeking justice for a hidden war criminal. She ca

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