When Michael's father loses his job, he buys a boat and convinces Michael and his mother to sail around the world. It's an ideal trip, even Michael's sheepdog can come along. It starts out as the perfect family adventure, until Michael is swept overboard. He's washed up on an island, where he struggles to survive. Then he discovers that he's not alone. His fellow-castaway, Kensuke, is wary of him. But, when Michael's life is threatened, Kensuke slowly...

"Terrific," says Eugene, after winning an all-expenses-paid vacation in Bermuda. "I'll probably get a really nasty sunburn." Unfortunately, Eugene's luck is a lot worse than that. First, his cruise ship sinks, then he ends up stranded on a tiny island. But Eugene isn't alone. There's another castaway, a parrot with a busted wing, who tells him what there is to eat and drink and how to build a sailboat. Cranky Eugene pays attention, and his luck begins...

Could you survive in a life-threatening situation? It depends on how much you know about survival. Sometimes the truth is more complicated than we originally thought. Get the real facts about surviving dangerous situations, and drop the fibs!

Jake and Rosa, two children, form an unlikely friendship as they try to survive and understand the 1912 Bread and Roses strike of mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to survive, to get along with one another, to combat the island's other diabolical occupants, and to learn their dance numbers in case they are rescued in time for the competition.

A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.

The jungles are loaded with deadly dangers such as water and insect-related diseases, poisonous plants, and savage animals. This books detailed graphic illustrations and fast-paced narrative will wow readers while they learn about some of the most amazing jungle survival stories.

When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, a twelve-year-old white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old Negro are stranded on a small desert island in the Caribbean where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.

In graphic novel format, presents three incidents in which people had to survive after being lost in the wilderness. Also offers survival tips and three additional descriptions of true survival stories.