What is a good Survival book for a kid...8th-10th grade? Boy.?

Question

It should be fun to read. Not a boring documentary.

Answer 1

The first book that comes to mind is Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. I actually read it myself, and it was well-written and really informative, but also a can't-put-down kind of book. It has a few companion books, too. It's pretty cool!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

It may be a bit young for a high school-er but try "My side of the mountain" it won several awards when it first was published, it is a fictional story on how the author always dreamed of running away and living off the land. In the book the Teen runs off to his long ago abandoned family plot in upstate New York and slowly tells the tale of his year living out his dream.....

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

P.S. It has also been made into a movie circa early 70's

Answer 4

The Complete Zombie Survival Guide.

Answer 5

I gave my boy, about that age, a book I found at barnes and noble discounted, for about 8 bucks. US army survival guide. we all read it. It tells you how to make shelter from a poncho, in the sand, in a snow bank. It tells what foods are edible (pine twig) how to catch fish with nets, sticks, and even grenades (no kid will have a grenade, but it makes for fun "boy" reading. My son just looked for it to get the isbn numbe but can't find it now. It is an official army guide, availible to the public. a couple hundred pages, paperback.He shared it with a 'survival skills' teacher who enjoyed it a lot too! I've used lots of the information when we go camping. It's got diagrams too.
this yellowish beige cover looks like it. other choices from this amazon.com page too. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0967512395/002-2316156-3836052?v=glance&n=283155

Answer 6

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen was a great read. I read it in 6th grade, but I always wanted to read it again. Hatchet is the story of a boy named Brian. On a trip to the Canadian oilfields to spend the summer with his dad, the pilot of the Cessna he is traveling in suffers a heart attack and dies. Brian must land the plane in the forest. Brian learns to exist in in this wilderness. He faces many dangers including hunger, animal attacks, and even a tornado. This book gives the reader a better understanding of what it is like to survive in an untamed land. (There are also sequels- Dogsong and Brian's Winter.)

The Lord of the Flies is a good one too, by William Golding. We read that in 12th grade english. Lord of the Flies is a thought-provoking novel authored by William Golding in 1954. The book describes in detail the horrific exploits of a band of young children who make a striking transition from civilized to barbaric. Lord of the Flies commands a pessimistic outlook that seems to show that man is inherently tied to society, and without it, we would likely return to savagery.

Answer 7

As in wilderness survival? Or how to survive junior high?

As for wilderness survival I had several foxfire books as a kid, also you can't go wrong with peatersons guide to editable plants, and the boy scout field manual, also alittle more advaced but you can find copies of the army guide to wilderness servival in most army surpluss flea markets for a few dollars.

Answer 8

Anarchist's Cookbook.

Answer 9

"My Side of the Mountain", a boy who runs away from New York City to live alone in the Catskills.

Answer 10

Where the red fern grows.. sad but interesting