Reviews by Tag: survival

Teen Review
Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

By William Golding
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Rishi T.
Jun 7, 2023

Lord of the Flies is a dystopian fiction novel where the characters are living in a nightmarish, tyrannical society as a result of their naturally poor personalities. This book is written by William Golding who tells the story of a group of young boys who find themselves alone on a deserted island without any adults present. They develop rules, but without any adults on the island to oversee them, the boys eventually become violent and savage-like. The main character in this book is a boy named Ralph, who is elected chief of the island at the beginning of the book.

Teen Review
Any Sign of Life

Any Sign of Life

By Rae Carson
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Alice Summers
Mar 31, 2023

Rae Carson’s “Any Sign of Life” is a survival story with a heartfelt edge. 
      The novel centers Paige Miller, a skilled teenage basketball player, who becomes extremely sick and passes out. When she wakes up days later, everyone is dead. She’s somehow avoided the arrival of the apocalypse, but now everyone she loves is gone. 

Teen Review
Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

By William Golding
Star Rating
★★

Rated by
Mariam S.
Mar 30, 2023

Lord of the Flies is a tale of pigs and death, boys and men, and the nature of humans themselves. The story is set on a remote island where a plane’s worth of schoolboys have crash landed while flying to safety during a war. They set up a somewhat ordered society while they wait for rescue, despite the conflicts in leadership and the struggles of staying true to the assigned tasks. But a strange bloodlust seems to take over at times, a dangerous thirst for meat.

Teen Review
Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

By William Golding
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Sriha P.
Mar 3, 2023

When 16 teenage ish boys are stuck on the island, they are forced to
survive on their own. But the thing is some of them want to create an army
while the others just want to survive. This book is about the journey from
being stuck on an island to maybe leaving the island.

Teen Review
Alone by Megan Freeman

Alone

By Megan Freeman
Star Rating
★★

Rated by
Abby S.
Jan 26, 2023

Summary: This book is about a girl who sneaks off to her grandparent's house with a dead
phone for a while. She then realizes that the town has been evacuated and she has been left
behind in a ghost town. Now she has to stay alive surviving off of canned food and her only
company, a dog.

Teen Review
Solstice by Lorence Alison

Solstice

By Lorence Alison
Star Rating
★★

Rated by
Varun R.
Aug 10, 2022

Adri is perfectly on track to become the lawyer that her parents have always wanted her to
become. Through academic excellence, hard work, and sacrifice, a summer internship represents
the final bridge between her and her parents’ dreams. The problem is, she wants nothing more
than to get away from the internship, especially when she gets the opportunity of a lifetime.
Courtesy of her best friend Elena, Adri gets tickets to go to Solstice, a life-changing getaway

Teen Review
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Lord of the Flies

By William Golding
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
VP
Jul 26, 2022

When a group of boys finds themselves on an isolated, remote island, after an airplane crash,
their lives change forever. The time is set during the war when these boys - some as six years old
- are confused, petrified, and helpless. The two oldest kids, around 12, take the lead; Ralph is a
logical, brave, and intellectual boy, and Jack is a savage, confident, and dominant figure. As
Ralph takes the lead at first, he orders the boys to divert all their focus to creating huts, making a

Teen Review
Cast Away

Cast Away

Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Colin K.
Jul 19, 2022

Cast Away is a great movie about a plane crash that leaves Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks)
stranded on an island, fighting for his survival. I think Tom Hanks was perfect for this role and
delivered an excellent performance, making it feel as if he really was alone on an island. The
progression of his loneliness was also very well portrayed, making for a dramatic scene when
the water pulls Wilson, the volleyball, out to sea. Besides a few gruesome scenes, I would say it

Teen Review
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Lord of the Flies

By William Golding
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Colin K.
Jun 21, 2022

Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a thrilling story about a group of young boys found stranded on a deserted island. Together they found themselves developing rules and a system of organization to try and remain civil. But without “grownups,” their attempt to govern themselves becomes violent and unorthodox. Although this novel is a challenging read, it is a story all children have dreamed about before. Its bone-chilling reality, however, makes readers second guess their fantasy of living on an island.

Teen Review
Be Not Far From Me by Mindy McGinnis

Be Not Far From Me

By Mindy McGinnis
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Aadit G.
Jun 14, 2022

Rating: 3

My rating for this book is a 3 because the book is bland in my opinion and does no thave intensive detail. This book failed to get my interest and I believe the main reason was not enough detail. I also believe it was too short according to what the plot was. It is also boring and repetitive at a certain point.

Summary:

 This is about a girl named Ashley who goes camping in the woods. She then finds out that her boyfriend cheated on her; after which she runs into the woods and has to survive by herself with limited resources.

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