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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
Having been raised believing he will die before he reaches the age of fourteen, Pepper Roux runs away on his fourteenth birthday in an attempt to elude his fate, assumes another identity, and continues to try to outrun death, no matter the consequences.
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Language
English
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New York career woman Stacey Knight marries James Makepeace just as she learns he's been offered the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to run a major Hollywood studio. There's one catch: they must relocate to Los Angeles. Will Stacey be lost in translation, or will her hard-earned New Yawk survival skills prove yet again, as Ol' Blue Eyes so often said, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere?
The unwitting newlyweds land in a Technicolor...
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Language
English
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Description
This state-of-the-art manual is now completely updated and revised with new sections on transportation (such as carjacking or road-rage incidents), defending against terrorists (how to react to a suspicious package or behavior, for example), and information about numerous self-defense techniques. This survival guide now covers the world-any terrain, all climates-with hundreds of line drawings showing details on making tools and rafts, preserving food,...
24) The compound
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
After his parents, two sisters, and he have spent six years in a vast underground compound built by his wealthy father to protect them from a nuclear holocaust, fifteen-year-old Eli, whose twin brother and grandmother were left behind, discovers that his father has perpetrated a monstrous hoax on them all.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Learn how to face and survive the most disastrous things that could possibly happen! From terrifying natural disasters to dangerous weather, from getting lost in the wild to fighting off ferocious animal attacks, this is your ultimate guide against: avalanches, earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, wildfires, asteroid strikes..."--Cover back.
28) When technology fails: a manual for self-reliance, sustainability, and surviving the long emergency
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
29) The strangers
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
A couple staying at an isolated vacation home, returns from a wedding reception. They receive a knock on the door in the middle of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. As the night goes on, the reality of their psychological terror becomes more terrifying than anything both could have imagined. Now, they must go beyond what either of them thought they were capable of in order to survive....
Author
Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A survival guide from the Special Air Service offers a complete course on how to be prepared for any type of emergency--from natural disasters to terrorist attacks to wilderness adventures--explaining how to adapt successfully to various climates, how to identify edible plants, and how to build a fire, with tips on first aid, campcraft, emergency preparation, and more. The SAS Survival Handbook is the Special Air Service's complete course in being...
31) Watership down
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Nestled among the rolling hills and peaceful meadows of England lives a community of rabbits. When their warren is threatened, a small goup of brave rabbits escapes into the unknown countryside seeking a new home. Led by the visionary Fiver, they face huge challenges and use strength and cunning to survive, while gaining new allies, battling new enemies and always pursuing their dream.
32) Unknown
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Language
English
Description
Five men awaken to find themselves in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are soon forced to figure out who their true enemy is, in a fight against each other to stay alive.
33) Survivorman
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Follows survival expert Les Stroud as he is abandoned for a week in various remote locations with only his wits and stamina to survive.
34) In an emergency
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Series
Publisher
Amicus
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Gives essential survival tips on what to do in emergency situations. Includes scenarios about fire, bad weather, accidents, injuries, extreme conditions, and more"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Complemented by a searchable CD-ROM containing the entire contents of all eleven handbooks, as well as screensavers, e-cards, and wallpaper, a deluxe reference offers a host of practical remedies for every conceivable crisis, from mountain lions and blind dates to avalanches, teenage driving lessons, and Christmas turkeys on fire.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A host of the Discovery Channel's "Man vs. Wild" draws on his experiences as a former member of the British Special Forces to present an illustrated guide to strategies for surviving the elements of the world's harshest ecosystems.