BAILLIE, Allan   Little brother
Vithy, a Cambodian boy caught in the horrors of war, crosses mountains, jungles and treacherous landscapes to find his brother after a desperate escape from soldiers.

BOND, Ruskin   Earthquake
The effects of an earthquake in N.E. India on Rakesh and his family.

CHRISTOPHER, John   New found land
In this sequel to Fireball, Simon and Brad find themselves snowed up in a wood cabin in Canada. Their only hope for survival is to travel south by raft across the freezing waters of the North Atlantic.

CONLON - McKENNA, Marita   Under the hawthorn tree
Famine has struck Ireland. When their parents disappear while looking for work, the children run away to avoid the poorhouse, and try to find their great-aunt.

CURTIS, Christopher Paul   Bud, not Buddy
Ten year old Bud Caldwell runs away from a foster home and begins an unforgettable journey in search of his father. His only clues are old flyers left by his mother, when she was alive, that point to a legendary jazz bandleader. Newbery Medal 99

DEFOE, Daniel   Robinson Crusoe
This famous tale of shipwreck and survival on a desert island was written in 1719.

GEORGE, Jean   Julie of the wolves
A thirteen-year-old Inuit girl manages to survive on the north slope of Alaska with the help of a pack of wolves whom she comes to love and understand. Newbery medal 72

GEORGE, Jean   My side of the mountain
Sam runs away from the city and spends a year in the wilds of the Catskill mountains. He keeps a detailed diary of his experience of living off the land. He makes his own clothing and trains a hawk.

HOLM, Ann    I am David
A moving story of a boy who escapes from a concentration camp. He manages to make his way from Greece to Denmark, but his real task is to get to know people.

HOLMAN, Felice   Slake's limbo
Aremis Slake, a New York teenager, finds refuge in a cave-like room beneath the New York city subway. He survives there for 121 days, and finds a new self respect.

KONIGSBURG, E.L. From the mixed-up files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler
Claudia and her brother Jamie run away and take up residence in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it requires ingenuity to survive undetected.

LASENBY, Jack   Because we were the travellers  1997
Cast out from their nomadic tribe, the boy Ish, and the elder woman Hagar, join forces to journey together. Hagar teaches Ish useful arts and survival skills learnt over many years of similar journeys. As time passes he grows in maturity, wisdom and self-sufficiency, learning lessons of loyalty and tolerance and the fragility of his post-apocalyptic environment. BR Scan Stage 3-5

LOEFF, A. Rutgers Van der   Children on the Oregon trail  1954
Based on the true life story of John Sager who crossed America in a covered wagon in 1844.

MARSHALL, James Vance  Walkabout
A girl and her younger brother are the only survivors of an air crash in the middle of the Australian desert. When facing death from exhaustion and starvation, they are found by an Aboriginal boy, who teaches them to survive and find food.

MAZER, Harry   The island keeper
Lonely and unhappy, Cleo Murphy runs away to stay by herself on an island.

NORMAN, Lilith   Climb a lonely hill
A brother and sister, the only survivors in a car accident, are stranded in the outback.

O'BRIEN, Robert  Z for Zachariah
Anne Burden believes she is the only survivor of a nuclear war. When John Loomis arrives, first she is relieved, but then realiseshe is another challenge to her survival.

O'DELL Scott   Island of the blue dolphins
This is based on the true story of an Indian girl who was abandoned on a desolate island off the coast of California at the age of twelve.

SALKEY, Andrew   Hurricane
A Jamaican storyteller describes how children who think a big wind might be exciting soon discover it is something much more threatening.

SERRAILLIER, Ian  The silver sword
Four children travel alone from Warsaw to Switzerland during World War II.

SOUTHALL, Ivan   Hill's end
A cyclonic storm destroys the town of Hill's End and seven children are cut off from any help. During the days that follow they must learn to cooperate to survive.

SOUTHALL, Ivan   To the wild sky
Six children crash land on an unknown island when their pilot dies at the controls.

SPERRY, Armstrong  The boy who was afraid
The legend of the Mafatu, the son of the great chief of Hikueru, who is called a coward because he is afraid of the sea. The boy sails to a distant island and lives there in solitude to learn about courage.

STEIG, William   Abel's Island
Abelard Hassam di Chirico Flint, a fastidious upper class mouse, is swept away in a rainstorm and stranded on a river island for a year. Abel must forget his life of leisured comfort and find an inner grit which is truly admirable.

TAYLOR, Theodore  The cay
Phillip, an eleven year old, and an elderly black man are marooned on a tiny desert island in the southern Caribbean during World War II when their ship is torpedoed. Not only must they learn to survive, but the boy must learn to overcome his prejudice.

THIELE, Colin   Magpie Island
In this haunting tale of a magpie who is swept out to sea to a gaunt, solitary island, the themes of loneliness, endurance and the will to survive are explored.

TRUSS,  Jan    Jasmin
When Jasmin lives in a cave in the Canadian wilderness, she discovers creative talent.

VIERICK, Phillip   Terror on the mountain
Panicked during a thunderstorm, Paul loses the group of friends with whom he is hiking, and must survive alone on the mountain.

VOIGT, Cynthia   Homecoming
Four abandoned children cross U.S.on foot to find their rich aunt. Unfortunately she has died so they try to reach their grandmother, whom they have never met, in Maryland. Sequels: Dicey's song, A solitary blue  Mature readers.

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Some more titles to check are:-

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Traveller Tarin of the ice Eleanor Elizabeth After the earthquake Run for your life Avalanche The angel with a mouthorgan Climb a lonely hill Run to the mountains When the city stopped The upstairs room Run, Rebecca, run (book of the film) Ballander boy Blue Fin The iceberg hermit