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1) Noor
Author
Formats
Description
"Anwuli Okwudili prefers to be called AO. To her, these initials have always stood for Artificial Organism. AO has never really felt…natural, and that’s putting it lightly. Her parents spent most of the days before she was born praying for her peaceful passing because even in-utero she was 'wrong'. But she lived. Then came the car accident years later that disabled her even further. Yet instead of viewing her strange body the way the world views...
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
A small passenger plane makes a forced landing in the Sahara. The challenge: survival. The tiny band from the plane fights off thirst, Arabs, treachery, declining morale and despair. Incredibly, the plane, like the legendary phoenix that rises from its own ashes, flies again.
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Series
A.D. (Ted Dekker) volume 2
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker delivers the gripping story of Maviah, a slave who becomes a queen in Arabia, A.D. 33. They call her the Queen of the Outcasts. Maviah, a woman whose fate was sealed on her birth by this world-unwanted, illegitimate, female, a slave-subject to the whims of all. But then she met a man named Yeshua who opened her eyes. She found strength in his words, peace from the brutal word around her. Because of what...
4) 127 hours
Pub. Date
2011
Description
The powerfully uplifting true story of one man's struggle to survive against mountainous odds. Aron Ralston has a passion for all things outdoors. But when a falling boulder traps him in a remote Utah canyon, a thrill-seeker's adventure becomes the challenge of a lifetime. Over the next five days, Ralston embarks on a remarkable personal journey in which he relies on the memories of family and friends as well as his own courage and ingenuity to turn...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"The inspiring story of a young Armenian's harrowing escape from genocide and of his granddaughter's quest to retrace his steps. Growing up, Dawn MacKeen heard fragments of her grandfather Stepan's story, of how he was swept up in the deadly mass deportation of Armenians during World War I and of how he miraculously managed to escape. Longing for a fuller picture of Stepan's life--and the lost home her family fled--Dawn travels alone to Turkey and...
10) Deserts
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the world's deserts and discusses what creates a desert, desert animals, annual rainfall, what an oasis is, and how people live and survive in the desert.
Author
Series
Description
"Could you survive being lost in the desert? Imagine being attacked by a rattlesnake in North America's Sonoran Desert, wild dogs in Africa's Kalahari Desert, or a redback spider in the Australian Outback. How far would you be willing to go to save your own life? Would it work? Flip through these pages to find out!"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021, c2021
Description
This entertaining and informative survival guide introduces readers to the challenging environment of the desert. Useful tips tell you how to protect yourself from the sun and keep warm at night, what you can - and shouldn't - eat, what materials are available in a desert for building shelter, and what animals to avoid. Real life stories demonstrate how humans can survive on their own in the desert.
15) Wild Bird
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Description
When her behavior escalates out of control, fourteen-year-old Wren is taken away to a wilderness therapy camp where she is forced to develop new skills, including the courage to ask for help.
16) Eyeshot
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"James and Elle Eversman are a young couple travelling through the Mojave desert on their way to a new life. When their car mysteriously breaks down they are stranded in the middle of nowhere without much water and no cell-phone reception. A mile away a deadly sniper has them in his cross-hairs. They are pinned down behind their broken-down car, surrounded by open ground in all directions. Theres nowhere to run and no one to help them. How can they...
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Adventurer Bear Grylls heads back into the wild for the fifth season, where he tackles extreme survival challenges in some of the most inhospitable places on Earth. Bear goes from the extremes of Eastern Europe's frozen mountains to the searing humidity and crocodile-filled landscape of Northern Australia's Arnhem Land. In the Torres strait, south of Papua New Guinea, Bear is marooned on a desert island. He must find food and water before setting...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"You are lost in a desert. The heat is intense. The sun is burning your skin. Your water bottle is nearly empty. Finding water, shelter, and food in this extreme place will be tough. Your only hope is to use your desert survival skills"--Back cover.