Survival stories are a lot of fun to read. We imagine ourselves in the characters' shoes and consider how we would react. This week, check out of one of the survival chapter books for kids . . . .
In Kansas in the year 1937, eleven-year-old Jack Clark faces his share of ordinary challenges: local bullies, his father's failed expectations, a little sister with an eye for trouble. But he also has to deal with the effects of the Dust Bowl, including rising tensions in his small town and the spread of a shadowy illness.
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.
Hurricane by Terry Trueman
A fictional account of one of the worst storms to hit the Caribbean--Hurricane Mitch in 1998--told from the perspective of a thirteen-year-old boy living in a small village in Honduras.
More Books --
Denali Storm by Michael Spradlin
Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
Lacey's Story by W. Bruce Cameron
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Racing Storm Mountain by Trent Reedy
Skylark and Wallcreeper by Anne Carelli
The Storm Before Atlanta by Karen Schwabach
Storm Blown by Nick Courage
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