PvN = Protagonist versus Nature (no “bad guys,” just someone trying to survive in the wilderness)
PvP = Protagonist versus Other People (yep, “bad guys” included)
Protagonists run from a bad guy and must contact the authorities before...
Chasing Vermeer - Blue Balliett
Crossing the Wire - Will Hobbs
The Danger Box - Blue Balliett
Edgeland - Jake Halpern
The Graham Cracker Plot - Shelley Tougas
I Am Princess X - Cherie Priest
Loot: How to Steal a Fortune - Jude Watson
Millions - Frank Cottrell Boyce
On the Run [series] - Gordon Korman
South by Southeast - Anthony Horowitz
Striker: Sudden Death - Nick Hale
Swindle - Gordon Korman
The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid - Colin Meloy
Beyond the Bright Sea - Lauren Wolk
The Detective’s Assistant - Kate Hannigan
Projekt 1065 - Alan Gratz
Shadow on the Mountain - Margi Preus
Amber and Clay - Laura Amy Schlitz
Alone - Megan Freeman
Protagonist endures challenges of nature.
Blind Mountain - Jane Resh Thomas
Go Big or Go Home - Will Hobbs
Hatchet - Gary Paulsen
Ice Island - Sherry Shahan
Island of the Blue Dolphins - Scott O’Dell
Julie of the Wolves - Jean Craighead George
My Side of the Mountain - Jean Craighead George
Never Say Die - Will Hobbs
Old Wolf - Avi
Peak - Roland Smith
The Pirates of Crocodile Swamp - Jim Arnosky
Scar Island - Dan Gemeinhart
Stranded - Jeff Probst
Wild River - PJ Petersen
Searching for someone lost in the wilderness, or trying to get out.
Connect the Stars - Marisa de los Santos & David Teague
Count Me In - Sara Leach
Falcon Wild - Terry Lynn Johnson
Hatchet - Gary Paulsen
Horizon - Scott Westerfeld
Ice Dogs - Terry Lynn Johnson
Mountain Dog - Margarita Engle
Never Say Die - Will Hobbs
One Came Home - Amy Timberlake
The 7 Professors of the Far North - John Fardell
Surviving Bear Island - Paul Greci
Tumble & Blue - Cassie Beasley
Protagonist vs. Ocean. Not all deserted islands are that great...
Beyond the Bright Sea - Lauren Wolk
Finn at Clee Point - Richard Knight
The Great Wide Sea - M.H. Herlong
Into the Killing Seas - Michael P. Spradlin
Orphan Island - Laurel Snyder
Overboard - Elizabeth Fama
Shark Girl - Kelly Bingham
Shipwreck Island - S.A. Bodeen
Surrounded by Sharks - Michael Northrup
Protagonist vs. Pirates!
How to Be a Pirate - Cressida Cowell
Raider’s Ransom - Emily Diamond
Protagonist vs. OMINOUS ORGANIZATION. Gizmos, gadgets, and supervillains!
Alex Rider [series] - Anthony Horowitz
The Genius Files [series] - Dan Gutman
H.I.V.E. [series] - Mark Walden
I.Q. [series] - Roland Smith
The League of Unexceptional Children - Gitty Daneshvari
N.E.R.D.S.: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society [series] - Michael Buckley
Outlaw - Stephen Davies
Revenge: Jason Steed - Mark A. Cooper
The Secret of Zoom - Lynne Jonell
Silverfin [Young James Bond series] - Charlie Higson
Spy School [series] - Stuart Gibbs
The Year of the Bomb - Ronald Kidd
Protagonists race against the clock to find a treasure before someone else does!
The Adventurer’s Guide to Successful Escapes - Wade Albert White
The Blackthorn Key [series] - Kevin Sands
Book Scavenger [series] - Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Finders Keepers - Shelley Tougas
Treasure Hunters - James Patterson
Tumble & Blue - Cassie Beasley
The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin
Characters must survive a terrible natural disaster some kind.
Escaping the Giant Wave - Peg Kehret
The Great Wide Sea - M.H. Herlong
Night of the Howling Dogs - Graham Salisbury
Serafina’s Promise - Ann E. Burg
Storm Runners [series] - Roland Smith
Survivors: Fire, Chicago 1871 - Kathleen Duey
Terror at Bottle Creek - Watt Key*