18 books like Island of the Blue Dolphins

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The Black Pearl Scott O’Dell · 1967 · ★ 3.5 · 140p · ≈ 4h · Moderate In claiming as his own the magnificent black pearl he finds, a sixteen-year-old youth enrages the sea devil who legend says is its owner. Shares Islands, Indians of North America, Survival, Historical Fiction
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Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe · 1686 · ★ 3.7 · 123p · ≈ 4h · Challenging During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600's, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island. Shares Islands, Survival, Classics, Historical Fiction
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The Death Cure James Dashner · 2011 · ★ 3.8 · 358p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Thomas knows that Wicked can't be trusted, but they say the time for lies is over, that they've collected all they can from the Trials and now must rely on the Gladers, with full memories restored, to help them with their ultimate mission. It's up to the Gladers to complete the blueprint for the cure to the Flare with a final voluntary test. What Wicked doesn't know is that something's happened… Shares Survival Stories, Survival skills, Action & Adventure, Survival
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The Dragon of Lonely Island Reissue (Dragon of Lonely Island) Rebecca Rupp · 1998 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Three children spend the summer with their mother on a secluded island where they discover a three-headed dragon living in a cave and learn what it means to be a Dragon Friend. Shares Islands, Brothers and sisters, Adventure, Children's fiction
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Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink · 1935 · ★ 4.0 · 270p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Caddie Woodlawn is a children's historical fiction novel by Carol Ryrie Brink which received the Newbery Medal in 1936 and a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958. The original 1935 edition was illustrated by Newbery-award-winning author and illustrator Kate Seredy. Macmillan released a later edition in 1973, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. Shares Newbery Medal, Brothers and sisters, Classics, Historical Fiction
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The Wept of Wish-ton-wish: A Tale James Fenimore Cooper · 1829 · ★ 3.9 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Shares Indians of North America, Historical Fiction with this book.
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Fugitive X Gregg Rosenblum · 2013 · ★ 3.9 · 263p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "As a war between robots and humans looms on the horizon, Nick, Kevin, and Cass continue to battle the bots that enslaved humanity--but when they are separated, they must fight the war on their own"-- As a war between robots and humans looms on the horizon, Nick, Kevin, and Cass continue to battle the bots that enslaved humanity. When they become separated, they must fight the war on their own.… Shares Survival, Brothers and sisters, Children's fiction
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The Mystery of the Strange Messages Enid Blyton · 1969 · ★ 4.2 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Mr. Goon, the policeman, can't understand it. Messages keep coming to him, popping up all over the place. But who is sending them? He thinks it is Fatty, playing tricks on him but this is the first the Five Find-Outers have heard about the messages. It all becomes a remarkable mystery, and one which the Five just have to solve. Shares Adventure, Children's fiction
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The 5th wave (The 5th Wave #1) Richard Yancey · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last… Shares Survival Stories, Survival skills, Survival
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The Wild Robot Peter Brown · 2016 · ★ 4.5 · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a fierce storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal… Shares Islands, Survival, Children's fiction
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The fallen Charles Higson · 2013 · ★ 4.4 · 533p · ≈ 17h · Moderate The Enemy is among us . . .First the sickness rotted the adults' minds. Then their bodies. Now they stalk the streets of London, hunting human flesh. The Holloway crew are survivors. They've fought their way across the city and made it to the Natural History Museum alive--just barely. But their fight will never end while the Enemy lives, unless there's another way. The Holloway crew has made it… Shares Survival skills, Survival, Children's fiction
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Operation Sherlock Bruce Coville · 1986 · ★ 4.0 · 219p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Islands, Adventure, Children's fiction with this book.
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The Coral Island Robert Michael Ballantyne · 1858 · ★ 3.7 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Challenging A nineteenth century adventure story of three teenaged boys shipwrecked on a Pacific island. At first they lead an idyllic life but this is soon interrupted by the arrival on the island of rival Polynesian war parties and then pirates. After various adventures the boys find themselves in possession of the pirate’s ship and can sail for home. Shares Islands, Action & Adventure, Survival, Adventure
Cover of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis · 1950 · ★ 4.2 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Four adventurous siblings—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie—step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change . . . and a great sacrifice. Journey into the land beyond the wardrobe! The Lion, the Witch and the… Shares Action & Adventure, Classics, Adventure
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Skyward Brandon Sanderson · 2018 · ★ 4.5 · 528p · ≈ 17h · Moderate **SPENSA'S WORLD HAS BEEN UNDER ATTACK FOR DECADES.** Now pilots are the heroes of what's left of the human race, and becoming one has always been Spensa's dream. Since she was a little girl, she has imagined soaring skyward and proving her bravery. But her fate is intertwined with her father's--a pilot himself who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team, leaving Spensa the… Shares Survival Stories, Action & Adventure, Survival, Children's fiction
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The Infinite Sea Richard Yancey · 2014 · ★ 4.2 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Cassie Sullivan, one of Earth's few remaining human survivors, attempts to put a stop to the Others' plan to destroy the remaining humans. Shares Survival skills, Action & Adventure, Survival
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Pure Blooded Amanda Carlson · 2015 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Action & Adventure, Survival, Brothers and sisters with this book.
The Cabin at the End of the World
The Cabin at the End of the World Paul Tremblay · 2018 · ★ 3.4 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "The Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts gives a new twist to the home invasion horror story in a heart-palpitating novel of psychological suspense that recalls Stephen King's Misery, Ruth Ware's In a Dark, Dark Wood, and Jack Ketchum's cult hit The Girl Next Door"-- Shares Survival

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