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When Aero Horizon 16 crashes in the Arctic, eight children emerge from the wreckage to find themselves alone and surrounded, not by ice, but by a mysterious and deadly jungle full of carnivorous plants and predatory birds--the other five hundred people from the plane are gone, not necessarily dead, but taken by something that lives in the jungle. Horizon is the debut middle grade novel for Scott Westerfeld.
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Omar is fiercely competitive and very impatient about anything that holds him back. . . especially other people. Activity camp is brilliant because he's the best at all the challenges, it's just so annoying that not all his teammates are as quick or brave or strong as he is. It would be much easier just to ditch them and go it alone. But when he's given a mysterious compass it transports him to a thick jungle that is impossible to get through quickly...
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Beck and Ju-Long are shipwrecked in the South China Sea. Once again the pair find themselves fighting for survival, this time supporting their injured friend, Jian. Washed ashore on an unforgiving archipelago, they must find food, water and shelter before night falls on the deserted island... Deserted, that is, apart from a group of two-metre long carnivorous lizards. Will their luck finally run out or can Beck save the life of a dear friend? Mission...
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When sullen teenager Dylan Barstow is caught joyriding in a stolen car he is sent to his ex-Marine uncle for the summer, but soon they are on the way to Papua New Guinea in search of a World War II fighter plane and Dylan discovers that defiance is not a survival skill when you are lost in a jungle.
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Beck and Ju-Long are shipwrecked in the South China Sea. Once again the pair find themselves fighting for survival, this time supporting their injured friend, Jian. Washed ashore on an unforgiving archipelago, they must find food, water and shelter before night falls on the deserted island... Deserted, that is, apart from a group of two-metre long carnivorous lizards. Will their luck finally run out or can Beck save the life of a dear friend? Mission...
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Robert wakes up naked and alone in a thick jungle. The last thing he remembers is being in a plane with his family, but there is no sign of a crash or survivors. Then he discovers the shocking truth--he is in the park near his house, but his familiar world has been transformed into an alien landscape. When he finds others in the same position, he enlists their help in getting back home. But the journey is more perilous than Robert could ever imagine....
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When a plane bound for Costa Rica crashes in deep jungle, the tail section breaks free and nineteen teenagers miraculously survive. Joel Aspinall, son of a local politician and student rep on the school’s council, is quick to take on the mantle of leadership, to organize everyone until a rescue party arrives. But the plane was crashed on purpose, no one knows where they are and no rescuers are coming. To make things worse, Joel’s decisions lead...