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Accused and convicted of murder, thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle decides to reveal what really happened aboard the Seahawk — a ship piloted by a tyrannical captain and crewed by mutinous seamen — during the summer of 1832.
Lexile Level: 740
Guided Reading Level: V

In their father’s absence, thirteen-year-old September and her younger brother Ivan disobey his orders by taking the boat out on their Alaskan bay, where they are caught in a terrifying storm called a williwaw.
Lexile Level: 910
Guided Reading Level: V

A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains, including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
Lexile Level: 810
Guided Reading Level: U

Despite some reservations, sixteen-year-old Jessie joins her companions from the previous year’s adventure on the Colorado River for a legal rafting trip through the Grand Canyon.
Lexile Level: 760
Guided Reading Level: NR

The adventures of a dog born in the wilderness, left to fend for himself when a black wolf kills his mother and brothers, and finally won over by the trapper his mother had deserted.
Lexile Level: 1080
Guided Reading Level: NR

Having been stolen away from his comfortable life with his loving family, Buck is forced to work on a dog sled team in the fierce conditions of the Klondike, where he must forget his happy past and turn to his animal instincts in order to survive in his new surroundings.
Lexile Level: 1120
Guided Reading Level: Y

Two teenagers caught in a snowstorm face a fight for survival in a desolate area.
Lexile Level: 690
Guided Reading Level: T

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents’ divorce.
Lexile Level: 1020
Guided Reading Level: R