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1) The road
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In a novel set in an indefinite, futuristic, post-apocalyptic world, a father and his young son make their way through the ruins of a devastated American landscape, struggling to survive and preserve the last remnants of their own humanity.
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Stranded. Original series volume 2
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2013.
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"Being shipwrecked on a jungle island in the middle of the South Pacific was bad enough. But now that Carter, Vanessa, Buzz and Jane have lost their boat--and almost everything on board--to another violent storm, it's like starting over. That means finding food and shelter, making fire for the first time, dealing with the wild boars that roam the island--and of course, figuring out how to get along (and not kill each other in the process)"--Page 4...
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Contemporary fiction. 'I walk'd about on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapt up in the contemplation of my deliverance . . . reflecting upon all my comrades that were drown'd, and that there should not be one soul sav'd but my self . . . ' Who has not dreamed of life on an exotic isle, far away from civilization? Here is the novel which has inspired countless imitations by lesser writers, none of which equal the...
5) Ashfall
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Ashfall trilogy volume 1
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English
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After the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano destroys his city and its surroundings, fifteen-year-old Alex must journey from Cedar Falls, Iowa, to Illinois to find his parents and sister, trying to survive in a transformed landscape and a new society in which all the old rules of living have vanished.
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When a Swiss couple and their four sons are shipwrecked on an uninhabited island, they adapt to their "New Switzerland" using many resourceful and imaginative methods--building a tree house, finding food such as coconuts, sugarcane, honey, and potatoes, taming animals and other forms of securing themselves against danger.
8) The wall
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"While vacationing in a hunting lodge in the Austrian mountains, a middle-aged woman awakens one morning to find herself separated from the rest of the world by an invisible wall. With a cat, a dog, and a cow as her sole companions, she learns how to survive and cope with her loneliness. Allegorical yet deeply personal and absorbing, The Wall is at once a critique of modern civilization, a nuanced and loving portrait of a relationship between a woman...
13) The return
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Flight 29 down volume 3
Pub. Date
[2007]
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222 pages ; 20 cm.
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English
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The survivors of Flight 29 discover that they are not alone.
14) The storm
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Flight 29 down volume 4
Pub. Date
[2007]
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224 pages ; 20 cm.
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English
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When videotapes are stolen by one of the stranded passengers, the ensuing problems complicate their attempts to survive an oncoming storm.
15) Static
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Flight 29 down volume 1
Pub. Date
[2007]
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224 pages ; 20 cm.
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English
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A plane crash on a deserted island forces a group of teenagers to bury their petty jealousies and cooperate in an attempt to survive.
16) Scratch
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Flight 29 down volume 5
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[2007]
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222 pages ; 20 cm.
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English
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After weathering a tropical storm, relationships are strained as the stranded passengers start from scratch to rebuild and gather supplies.
17) The seven
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Flight 29 down volume 2
Pub. Date
[2007]
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223 pages ; 20 cm.
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English
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The stranded passengers of Flight 29 hone their survival skills, but tensions escalate as they wonder if they'll ever be rescued.
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