Frank Carlson Library

Seventy-foot waves batter a torn life raft 250 miles out to sea in one of the world's most dangerous places: the Gulf Stream. Hanging on to the raft are three men: a Canadian, a Brit, and their captain, JP de Lutz, a dual citizen of the United States and France. Their capsized forty-seven-foot sailboat has disappeared below the tempestuous sea. The giant waves repeatedly toss the men out of their tiny vessel, and JP, with nine broken ribs, is hypothermic...

Get ready for some fun STEM materials! Ridiculous "what if" situations and even crazier suggestions meet up to leave readers rolling on the floor. A seemingly rogue author guides them through a worst-case scenarios following a shipwreck at sea. Includes real-life situations, fun facts, and critical thinking questions.

Stranded on an island with a boy they barely know, two sisters must survive the wilds--if they can survive each other--in this twisty young adult romance and coming-of-age for fans of Pretty Little Liars and To All the Boys I've Loved Before Emma has always orbited Henri, her fierce, magnetic queen bee of an older sister. And the two have always been best friends--until a few months ago, when Emma betrayed Henri in spectacular fashion. When a boat...

A group of men are trapped in a small pod on the sea bed, after diving down to fix an oil pipeline off the Kenyan coast. They become separated from their ship after it sinks during a storm. The survivors must figure out how to reach the surface before they run out of air.

A two-week trek through the Cascade Mountains tries the survival instincts of five adventuresome teenagers. At first, it's all a good time, shooting the rapids, exploring caves and making new friends. But when an accident occurs, Mother Nature raises the stakes and challenges the hikers to the greatest test of their young lives.

More than a century after its sinking, Titanic remains the world's most famous ship. This is the ultimate information-packed account of the luxury liner's history, from its incredible construction to its total destruction. Selling more than 300,000 copies to date, Eyewitness Titanic is packed with photographs and full of facts as it tells the tragic tale of how a supposedly unsinkable ship hit an iceberg and ended up beneath the dark waters of...

Luke, J.J., Will, Lyssa, Charla, and Ian. They didn't want to be on the boat in the first place. They didn't want to be stuck at sea with a bunch of strangers. But when you're in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, there's no easy way out. And when a terrifying storm hits, there's no way to fully prepare. It's all about survival.