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I Survived the American Revolution, 1776

You'll enjoy these titles because: Books if you like the "I Survived" series by Lauren Tarshis. Survival stories, historical fiction & action/adventure for middle grade readers.

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  • Mary and the Trail of Tears

    a Cherokee Removal Survival Story

    Rogers, Andrea L.,
    It is June first and twelve-year-old Mary does not really understand what is happening: she does not understand the hatred and greed of the white men who are forcing her Cherokee family out of their home in New Echota, Georgia, capital of the…
    Book, 2020North Mankato, Minnesota : Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone, [2020] — J ROGERS
  • When the mysterious first aid kit takes golden retriever Ranger to New Orleans shortly before Hurricane Katrina hits, he finds himself helping Clare Porter and her grandmother, who are waiting for Clare's father at their home in the Lower Ninth…
    Book, 2018New York : Scholastic Inc., [2018] — J MESSNER
  • One Dead Spy

    the Life, Times, and Last Words of Nathan Hale, America's Most Famous Spy

    Hale, Nathan, 1976-
    Nathan Hale, the author's historical namesake, was America's first spy, a Revolutionary War hero who famously said 'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" before being hanged by the British. In the Nathan Hale's Hazardous…
    Graphic Novel, 2012New York : Amulet Books, 2012. — J 741.5973 HALE
  • Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart…
    Book, 2017New York : Scholastic Press, 2017. — J GRATZ
  • Thirteen-year-old Sam Castine is at summer camp while his mother is in rehab, but when the camp is evacuated ahead of a fast moving wildfire, he makes the mistake of going back for his phone, and finds himself left behind, disoriented, and running…
    Book, 2019New York : Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., [2019] — J PHILBRICK
  • Filigree the Pomeranian, the smallest dog in Boston, and nine-year-old Frances Revere help her father, Paul Revere, on his mission to warn colonists that British soldiers are coming in 1775. Includes historical notes.
    Book, 2019New York, New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2019. — J BERKMAN
  • When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of…
    Book, 2010Boston : Clarion Books, c2010. — J PARK
  • Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player.
    Book, 2001New York : Scholastic, 2001. — J MYERS
  • In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.
    Book, 2000New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2000. — J ANDERSON
  • William Tuck is set on justice. For his brother killed by British soldiers, for his friend Rebecca's father held prisoner by the redcoats, and for the countless other rebel Americans struggling beneath the crushing weight of British rule. The…
    Paperback, 2015Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, [2015] — J PIERPOINT
  • After Nadia is separated from her family while fleeing the civil war, she spends the next four days with a mysterious old man who helps her navigate the checkpoints and snipers of the rebel, ISIS, and Syrian armies that are littering Aleppo on her…
    Book, 2018New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018] — J SENZAI
  • In History Comics: The Challenger Disaster, we turn the clock back to January 28, 1986. Seven astronauts boarded the space shuttle Challenger on what would be a routine mission. All eyes and cameras were on crew member Christa McAuliffe, a high…
    Graphic Novel, 2020New York : First Second, 2020. — J 363.12465 NAUJOKAITIS
  • Eleven-year-old Travis and twelve-year-old Stacey, separated from their families after being thrown into the Pacific off the coast of Washington, battle hypothermia as they struggle to survive. Includes Coast Guard-approved cold-water survival tips.
    Book, 2017Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017] — J JOHNSON
  • When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned.
    Book, 2021New York : Aladdin, 2021. — J FREEMAN
  • Bronx middle-grader Addy, who struggles with a family tragedy by drawing maps and studying mazes, joins other city youngsters on a wilderness adventure in California that turns deadly when wildfires erupt.
    Book, 2021New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021. — J RHODES
  • A year after the death of her mother in a restaurant shooting, Nora is left struggling to stay alive when a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong.
    Book, 2020New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020. — J BOWLING
  • Tut

    My Epic Battle to Save the World

    Hoover, P. J. (Patricia J.), 1970-
    Embarking on a mission to find his missing brother, eighth-grade immortal Tut discovers that his brother is being held prisoner by the vengeful Egyptian god Apep, who is plotting to swallow the sun to plunge the world into eternal darkness.
    Book, 2017New York : Starscape, 2017. — J HOOVER
  • In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
    Paperback, 1989Boston : Houghton Mifflin/Yearling Books, 1989. — J LOWRY
  • Lifeboat 12

    Based on a True Story

    Hood, Susan, 1954-
    In 1940, a group of British children, their escorts, and some sailors struggle to survive in a lifeboat when the ship taking them to safety in Canada is torpedoed. Includes historical notes.
    Book, 2018New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018] — J HOOD
  • A minute-by-minute account of the only unsolved airplane hijacking in the United States uses reproductions of FBI files and investigation photographs to chronicle the events surrounding an unidentified extortionist's 1971 hijacking and…
    Paperback, 2021New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — J 364.155 SULLIVAN