survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc

After half of the Earth's population is killed by a plague, seven teens find refuge in Novo Mundum, but when it becomes clear someone is passing information about the secret community to enemies, the group splits up--with some staying inside, and some going out into the world--to find their betrayer.

Presents the story of Owen Chase, one of only eight men to survive after the Nantucket whaler, Essex, on which he was first mate, was rammed by an enraged sperm whale on November 20, 1820, and sank, setting the crew of twenty adrift for months without charts, thousands of miles from land.

Discusses the ordeal of the survivors of an airplane crash in 1972 in the Andes wilderness.

Presents the stories of people who survived devastating events, including floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, fires, explosions, and volcanic eruptions.

Chronicles the experiences of eighteenth-century Scotsman, Alexander Selkirk, the man who inspired the character Robinsone Crusoe.

When brothers Mark and Pete get separated while hiking up a mountain, one of them almost does not make it back to the family campsite.

Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival.

A simplified prose retelling of Shakespeare's comedy about shipwreck, mistaken identity and misplaced love.