Children's Book Suggestions | Survival Stories

Some of our favorite survival stories for readers in grades 3-7, most of which are great readalikes for I Survived. For more fictional survival stories, browse our full list of survival stories for kids. Survival guides and true stories can be found in Children's Nonfiction under number 613.69.

Updated June 5, 2024
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The last kids on Earth
Brallier, Max
Paper Book
The first book in the New York Times bestselling series with over ten million copies in print! 'Terrifyingly fun! Max Brallier's The Last Kids on Earth delivers big thrills and even bigger laughs.' Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid Now...

The ultimate kid-friendly zombie apocalypse story! (Children's Fiction Grades 3-5)

I survived the sinking of the Titanic, 1912
Tarshis, Lauren.
Audiobook

The O.G.! The original chapter books are also being adapted as graphic novels. (Children's Fiction Grades 3-5)

Escape from Chernobyl
Marino, Andy
Paper Book
  From Andy Marino, author of The Plot to Kill Hitlerseries, comes another fast-paced historical thriller chronicling one family's desperate bid to escape the deadly Chernobyl disaster. 26 April 1986 01:18 Alina & Lev are two siblings living in Pripyat, one of...

Three cousins, one of whom works at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, must escape Pripyat after the deadly reactor meltdown in April 1986. (Young Teen Fiction Grades 5-7)

We are wolves
Nannestad, Katrina
Paper Book
A heartbreaking, untold story of World War II from award-winning Australian author Katrina Nannestad, perfect for 9+ readers and fans of Michael Morpurgo, Goodnight Mr Tom and I am David. 'It's the small acts of human kindness that make this book sing. Heart-swelling, and with characters...

A historical survival story inspired by a true story from World War II, in which orphaned children survived by hiding in the woods. (Young Teen Fiction Grades 5-7)


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