Reading Wildly: Survival

This month, our Reading Wildly genre was survival. Whether it's the zombie apocalypse or a natural disaster, kids and teens are fascinated with survival and pick up these books often, so it's a good genre to dip into every now and then. Many survival books are fast-paced with lots of action that keeps readers turning the pages. They may be scary or thrilling. Readers may enjoy learning survival techniques JUST IN CASE and exploring characters' responses when disasters happen can help children feel more secure as they find out what characters do to survive whatever happened. 

Here's what we read this month: 

• After the Ashes by Sara K. Joiner
• The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
• I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 by Lauren Tarshis
• I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 by Lauren Tarshis
• I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 by Lauren Tarshis
• I Survived True Stories: Five Epic Disasters by Lauren Tarshis
• Ice Dogs by Terry Lynn Johnson
• Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
• Stranded by Jeff Probst
• Survival Strategies of the Almost Brave by Jen White
• This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
• Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden

Oh, man. April is going to be sad books and tearjerkers. That always makes for an emotional discussion!