SERIES THURSDAY: Survivor Diaries #1, 2, & 3 by Terry Lynn Johnson
ABOUT THE BOOK
A high-stakes adventure series perfect for fans of the I Survived series and Hatchet. Eleven-year-old Travis and his family are on a whale watch off the coast of Washington when disaster strikes. The boat capsizes, throwing everyone into the ice-cold chaotic waves. Separated from their families and struggling to stay afloat, Travis and twelve-year-old Marina must use all of their grit and knowledge to survive.
With seventeen years of hands-on experience and training in remote areas, survival expert Terry Lynn Johnson (Ice Dogs; Sled Dog School) creates on-the-edge-of-your-seat storytelling featuring the real skills that kids need to survive a disaster. This book includes Coast Guard-approved cold-water survival tips; you may have a better chance of surviving a real-life cold-water disaster after reading this book.
Stay calm. Stay smart. Survive.
REVIEW
This quick easy read was thoroughly engaging and accurate. Survival stories fascinate me, not because of the trauma that characters, real or imaginary, go through, but the courage and judgment that so many survivors exhibit. Johnson with her years of experience in the wilderness has written an exciting adventure story about two kids who have to survive on their own after the boat they are on gets destroyed by a rogue wave. Travis and Marina end up alone after getting swept away from the lifeboat. Combining their knowledge and skills the two must find a way to deal with the waves and most especially the cold water. Thanks to training received from her father, Marina knows what to do, but she's injured and as time goes by, Travis has to rely on his own ingenuity to take care of both of them. I appreciated the survival details and the real life survival advice included at the back of the book. This is a short quick read with large text, making it ideal for reluctant readers. This series also would complement well the I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis.
ABOUT THE BOOK
A high-stakes adventure series perfect for fans of the I Survived series and Hatchet. Twelve-year-old twins Ashley and Ryan are skiing with their parents in Wyoming's Grand Teton Mountains where there is a ground-shaking rumble. Unstable snow rushes downhill and buries them in icy white. It will take all of their knowledge and grit to survive.
With seventeen years of hands-on experience and training in remote areas, survival expert Terry Lynn Johnson (Ice Dogs; Sled Dog School) creates on-the-edge-of-your-seat storytelling featuring the real skills that kids need to survive a disaster. This page-turner with illustrations includes survival tips from the National Avalanche Center and U.S. Forest Service. You could have a better chance of surviving a real-life avalanche after reading this book!
Stay calm. Stay smart. Survive.
REVIEW
Johnson has written another interesting survival story with this book about surviving an avalanche. Twins Ashley and Ryan separate from their parents while on vacation in Wyoming in order to visit a wolverine observation station. But as they traverse the hillside, an avalanche occurs sending them tumbling down the hill. After digging herself out, Ashley must save her brother and keep them both alive until rescuers arrive. The details are fascinating and the tips for survival are good ones. Additional resources and an online game add to the fun of the book.
ABOUT THE BOOK
A high-stakes survival series perfect for fans of the I Survived series and Hatchet.
Stay calm. Stay smart. Survive.
An ancient myth about a statue leads eleven-year-old Carter and twelve-year-old Anna down a trail deep into the Costa Rican jungle. They get turned around, then chased by howler monkeys. Carter and Anna try to find their way back to the familiar path, but the tangle of vines and trees all look the same. They are . . . lost!
Carter and Anna set out down a path through the rain forest of Costa Rica to see a statue next to a waterfall. When loud noises send them running through the brush, they end up lost and confused. Carter has his emergency kit and Anna has a machete, so things don't seem so bad, until a monkey steals most of the emergency supplies, leaving the children with just the machete and a garbage bag. Somehow the two must find a way to survive the multiple dangers of the rain forest until help finds them or they find help. Carter deep-seeded anxieties don't help the situation any, but he remembers some of the things he's read in his efforts to deal with his anxieties. I liked the survival details, they were fascinating. But I also liked the fact that both Anna and Carter had to deal with internal conflicts as well as the outward ones in order to survive. Young readers who enjoy the I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis are probably going to like these as well.
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