Just For You! - Great Survival and Historical StoriesLike this list

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• Far North

  Hobbs, Will

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  Trapped in a frozen world of moose, wolves, and bears, two boys from vastly different cultures come to depend on each other for their very survival. After an airplane accident, fifteen-year-old Gabe, his Dene Indian boarding-school roommate Raymond,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dark Game

  True Spy Stories

  Janeczko, Paul B.

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  From clothesline codes to surveillance satellites and cyber espionage, Paul B. Janeczko uncovers two centuries' worth of true spy stories in U.S. history. Ever since George Washington used them to help topple the British, spies and their networks…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Making of a Navy SEAL

  My Story of Surviving the Toughest Challenge and Training the Best

  Webb, Brandon,

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  Brandon Webb's experiences in the world's most elite sniper corps are the stuff of legend. From his grueling years of training in Naval Special Operations to his combat tours in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan, The Making of a Navy SEAL provides a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unsung Heroes of World War II

  the Story of the Navajo Code Talkers

  Durrett, Deanne, 1940-

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  Describes the role of a select group of Navajo Marines who developed a code based on their own native language that provided a means for secure communications among American forces in the Pacific during World War II.

• Unbroken

  An Olympians Journey From Airman to Castaway to Captive

  Hillenbrand, Laura,

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  A May afternoon in 1943, an American military plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young…Read moreRead more of this annotation

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