A Girl Named Disaster
by Nancy Farmer
After fleeing her village and a marriage to a cruel stranger,
an Nhamo girl embarks on a solitary journey to uninhabited islands.
Airman
by Eoin Colfer
In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety.
Between a Rock and a Hard
Place by Alden R. Carter
After losing all of their supplies when their canoe tips, two
boys, one of whom is a diabetic, must survive in the wilderness.
Call of the Wild
by Jack London
A dog is kidnapped from his California home and becomes a sled
dog during the Alaskan gold rush.
The Cannibals
by Iain Lawrence
Tom Tin and his friend Midgely--with assorted juvenile criminals--escape the ship taking them to serve their terms in Australia and head for a Pacific island, forgetting Tom's father's warnings about headhunters and cannibals.
Far North
by Will Hobbs
A 15-year-old boy, his Dene Indian boarding school roommate, and
an elderly Native American find themselves stranded in the Canadian
wilderness.
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
After his plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness, Brian survives
for 54 days with only a hatchet, a gift from his recently divorced
mother.
Holes
by Louis Sachar
An inmate in a juvenile detention center becomes suspicious when
forced to dig a five-foot deep hole each day.
The
Kindling and The
Keepers of the Flame by Jennifer Armstrong and Nancy
Butcher
After a virus destroys most of the world's adult population, a
group of kids have banded together, trying their best to survive.
Nobody's Princess
by Esther Friesner
Determined to fend for herself in a world where only men have real freedom, headstrong Helen, who will be called queen of Sparta and Helen of Troy one day, learns to fight, hunt, and ride horses while disguised as a boy, and goes on an adventure throughout the Mediterranean world.
Omega Place
by Graham Marks
Seventeen-year-old Paul Hendry runs away from home and joins Omega Place, a radical organization intent on upsetting England's country-wide closed-circuit surveillance system, but soon discovers that the other members of the group may not be entirely altruistic.
Peak
by Roland Smith
A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.
Piratica: Being a Daring Tale of a Singular Girl's Adventure Upon the High Seas
by Tanith Lee
The Seven Seas aren't large enough for two pirate queens: Art will have the battle of her life to win her mother's title--and the race for the most fabulous treasure in pirate lore.
Tomorrow, When the War Began
by John Marsden
Coming home from a camping trip in the bush, a girl and her six
friends find that Australia has been invaded.
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
On a treasure hunt, a boy finds himself battling the infamous
pirate, Long John Silver.
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
by Avi
As the lone "young lady" on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, Charlotte learns that the captain is murderous and the crew rebellious.
