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Stay Alive #1
Crash
Stranded in the middle of nowhere, you have to fight to survive!
When the members of Junior Action News Team crash land in the Alaskan backwoods, one thing is not everyone is going to survive. No cell phones. No internet. Their supplies are limited, as is their knowledge of the wilderness. Part of the group wants to wait it out. Other wants to search for help. But above all they must stay alive!
When the members of Junior Action News Team crash land in the Alaskan backwoods, one thing is not everyone is going to survive. No cell phones. No internet. Their supplies are limited, as is their knowledge of the wilderness. Part of the group wants to wait it out. Other wants to search for help. But above all they must stay alive!
208 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2013
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Joseph Monninger
40 books224 followersJoseph Monninger was an American writer and Professor of English at Plymouth State University. He lived in Warren, New Hampshire.
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April 19, 2014
I enjoyed Stay Alive- Crash by Joseph Monninger. I purchased this book because my students are a big fan of Hatchet and some of the other Brian books. This is a story of fighting for survival and I really liked the fact that Monninger gave Survival Tips in each section. Every time I read a story like this, I am that much more thankful that when I have to gather provisions to eat, it might mean an extra trip to the grocery store and not fishing and hunting for my next meal. I also appreciate things like running water, a roof over my head, and many of the other things I take for granted on a daily basis.
Monninger does a good job at letting us see what it takes to try and survive when equipped only with a few odds and ends, your wits, and your experience. It's at times like these, that you really get to know the people around you. Will the members of the Junior Action News Team be able to work together to stay alive in the Alaskan backwoods, or will their differing ideas of what to do stand in their way of survival?
Monninger does a good job at letting us see what it takes to try and survive when equipped only with a few odds and ends, your wits, and your experience. It's at times like these, that you really get to know the people around you. Will the members of the Junior Action News Team be able to work together to stay alive in the Alaskan backwoods, or will their differing ideas of what to do stand in their way of survival?
December 4, 2015
Only two stars because it fits how I feel--"it was ok." Simplistic story, characters without much depth. Would definitely appeal to struggling readers who enjoy survival stories, but I need a little more substance with my stories.
January 17, 2019
A book about a plane full of teenagers crashes into the Alaskan wilderness and their and their only choice is to try and Stay Alive.
I recommend the book Stay Alive Crash by Joseph Monninger to anyone who likes adventure and survival books. The book is about a plane carrying a group of teens crashing after going off course and running out of fuel. The teens are forced to survive off of the limited supplies and wreckage from the plane to survive long enough to be rescued. Through out the story the teens overcome many challenges from problems between each other to warding of bears and other Alaskan wildlife.
Over all I enjoyed this book for realistic situations and storyline. I recommend this book to people that like adventure stories.
I recommend the book Stay Alive Crash by Joseph Monninger to anyone who likes adventure and survival books. The book is about a plane carrying a group of teens crashing after going off course and running out of fuel. The teens are forced to survive off of the limited supplies and wreckage from the plane to survive long enough to be rescued. Through out the story the teens overcome many challenges from problems between each other to warding of bears and other Alaskan wildlife.
Over all I enjoyed this book for realistic situations and storyline. I recommend this book to people that like adventure stories.
December 23, 2014
This was first book of the stay alive series and my favorite so far. It was awesome. First of all, I am an adult (former) grade school librarian and I love the genre of survival books and man v. wild.
I thought this book would be a rip off of Gary Paulsen Hatchet but it wasn't. It had a terrific and gruesome opening and the pace did not let up. It truly held my attention and I was happy to read it in one sitting. If you have a child that likes adventure and the outdoors and is not squeamish or precious about the realities of how harsh and powerful nature can be if you are not prepared or lucky then this is the book for you.
I also recommend your read Will Hobbs, a step up in quality from this book (which was like I said, really excellent) but another great author in this genre-just a better writer and a little more complex. This was a very accessible book and very up to date. I liked how it did not feel like it was written twenty years ago.
I thought this book would be a rip off of Gary Paulsen Hatchet but it wasn't. It had a terrific and gruesome opening and the pace did not let up. It truly held my attention and I was happy to read it in one sitting. If you have a child that likes adventure and the outdoors and is not squeamish or precious about the realities of how harsh and powerful nature can be if you are not prepared or lucky then this is the book for you.
I also recommend your read Will Hobbs, a step up in quality from this book (which was like I said, really excellent) but another great author in this genre-just a better writer and a little more complex. This was a very accessible book and very up to date. I liked how it did not feel like it was written twenty years ago.
May 1, 2015
This would be great for a reluctant reader. It is super fast paced, and doesn't ever get bogged down.
February 18, 2022
The premise of this book is exciting: teens surviving a plane crash in Alaskan wilderness. However, in an effort to keep the book short, many details were left out, which left major holes in the story. Just a few here: They were "lost" for several weeks. Nothing was really said about their extended food situation other than some power bars. They had fish, but nothing provided about the actual fishing effort. They appeared to "survive" on bags of lollipops they found in the plane. (I don't think so) One boy was hoarding some food from the others - other than getting caught, nothing else was said about it, such as the "outrage" and "punishment". Three people were killed and had to be buried, but nothing was written about the actual "funeral", and just how did they dig the graves? They had no shovels. That goes for their latrine "holes" (his and hers). How were those dug? They found a cross bow in the plane, which maybe could have provided some food, but very little was said about it, and it was never used. A big deal was made several times about how they didn't have a knife, but they had a hatchet. YES - A HATCHET! Did this author never read the book "The Hatchet?" The hatchet was mentioned just ONE time in the entire book. One word - hatchet - when it was found in the plane. They had no tools, yet they managed to build a hut, which included a wing of the plane they found a long distance from where they were. How did they get THAT back to the beach? The book never said. Finally, the last "huh?" was at the end of the book, when one of the survivors who was still "lost" in the woods is just never mentioned again. What? What happened to Seldon? Apparently no one cares. He's just left out in the wilderness for the reader to decide if he dies or is rescued. There are many more holes, but that's enough for this review. Knowing these plot holes, I would still recommend this as a read, because these holes provide a wealth of discussion points with a book group. (Where's Seldon? What did they use for toilet paper? What did they eat? Drink? Hunt? Etc.
October 6, 2020
The Book Crash (Stay Alive) is an action, and fictional book. Summary: A small plane crashes into a remote lake in Alaska. Besides the pilot, the passengers are: seven preteens plus one dad, the producer of a TV show and a basset hound. Except for the dog, the characters are mostly stereotypes. There’s the decisive Eagle Scout, the able cool girl, the selfish one, and the clumsy adult. In the beginning, a few are killed off quickly, and the others realize that it is not going to be easy to survive. Although each chapter begins with an interesting survival tip, the action begins one day when the dad reads a camp to-do list, they then decide to send out an exploration party. Those at camp experience an uneventful swim at the beach, while those on the trail see some hardships including, for one, a terrifying swim down a set of rapids. And things might have been different if there were not blood sucking leeches in almost all of the bodies of water. In an unexpected plot twist, the pilot the entire time had a way out of this mess. He had enough resources to send a signal to call for help. His plan though, was to keep them here as long as he could and escape by himself without anyone knowing he left. The stranded civilians set to fight him off, and take the resources they needed to escape. they do so in a clever way, and are able to send off a signal to get home. The overall theme for this book is that people, even if they don't look the type can turn your back on you. Also that anything could happen in the matter of seconds in the real world of survival.
This book reminds me of one of my favorites, Hatchet. It has a similar plot, but very different characters, and ending. I do like this book, but it could be better if there was more action in the middle instead of it all being at the beginning and the end.
This book reminds me of one of my favorites, Hatchet. It has a similar plot, but very different characters, and ending. I do like this book, but it could be better if there was more action in the middle instead of it all being at the beginning and the end.
October 30, 2017
What would you do if you're plane crashed in the middle of the Alaskan wild? Would you stay ate the crash site and wait for help or would you go through the woods in search for help. That is what a group of people that plane crashed had to go through.
The main character in this story is a boy named Titus. Titus is just a boy but he proves to be the only hope of the people surviving. He is the main hope is because he has survival skills and knowledge about the wilderness, because he is a boy scout.Titus, although a young boy is a very strong leader. He gets people situated when in panic he makes smart moves and makes shure everyone is safe. The book runs into conflict when different people want to do different things to try to survive. Some people want to play safe and others want to search for civilization.
Crash is a realistic fiction story, that is the first book in the Stay Alive series. I enjoyed this book a lot is kept me on edge and wanted me to read more. I read around three chapters a night before I went to bed. The feeling I got when I read this book was I was on edge all the time and I was very curious what would happen next. I think this book would appeal to teens/kids in grades 5-8. The author Joseph Monninger made the characters very relateable. If you had read the book hatchet you will defiantly enjoy this book. This book Crash is 254 pages and definitely worth reading.
The main character in this story is a boy named Titus. Titus is just a boy but he proves to be the only hope of the people surviving. He is the main hope is because he has survival skills and knowledge about the wilderness, because he is a boy scout.Titus, although a young boy is a very strong leader. He gets people situated when in panic he makes smart moves and makes shure everyone is safe. The book runs into conflict when different people want to do different things to try to survive. Some people want to play safe and others want to search for civilization.
Crash is a realistic fiction story, that is the first book in the Stay Alive series. I enjoyed this book a lot is kept me on edge and wanted me to read more. I read around three chapters a night before I went to bed. The feeling I got when I read this book was I was on edge all the time and I was very curious what would happen next. I think this book would appeal to teens/kids in grades 5-8. The author Joseph Monninger made the characters very relateable. If you had read the book hatchet you will defiantly enjoy this book. This book Crash is 254 pages and definitely worth reading.
December 12, 2019
Crash, by Joseph Monninger, is an extremely fast paced book that keeps on going. This is well written
book with many hooks and exciting events that kept me reading. One of the things that I loved most about this book is that the author gave survival tips on every couple of chapters to teach the reader important things about survival. I would say this book is for people the like suspense and action in their books.
Another topic on the book is that it is full of suspense. There are times in the book where the suspense seemed to last forever. This book never made me want to put it down but whenever I had to put it down, it was on a cliff hanger. Monninger uses a variety of words to describe the landscape and whatever is going on throughout the book. It really made me feel like I was there.
If you are into books that are suspenseful, full of action, and is about survival, this book is for you. Through this whole book I began to feel like I was with all of the characters there surviving. It showed extreme emotion from the words he used and I would recommend this book to everyone.
book with many hooks and exciting events that kept me reading. One of the things that I loved most about this book is that the author gave survival tips on every couple of chapters to teach the reader important things about survival. I would say this book is for people the like suspense and action in their books.
Another topic on the book is that it is full of suspense. There are times in the book where the suspense seemed to last forever. This book never made me want to put it down but whenever I had to put it down, it was on a cliff hanger. Monninger uses a variety of words to describe the landscape and whatever is going on throughout the book. It really made me feel like I was there.
If you are into books that are suspenseful, full of action, and is about survival, this book is for you. Through this whole book I began to feel like I was with all of the characters there surviving. It showed extreme emotion from the words he used and I would recommend this book to everyone.
September 21, 2017
Stay Alive Crash is about who takes a plane trip with 7 stars of a tv magazine show. With the young stars is their mascot as well. There mascot is a basset hound which all the stars on this show call him"dumb dog". They call him this because the hound never likes to listen to anyone who calls his name or tell him to do something.
While on the plane trip the engine gives out and the plane starts to go down. Everyone is in total shock. The plane crashes in a lake in alaska. When the plane crashes noyone can find the pilot. At this point they all have to survive together. This book is also a survival book everyone has to survive harsh temperatures and try to stay alive.
While on the plane trip the engine gives out and the plane starts to go down. Everyone is in total shock. The plane crashes in a lake in alaska. When the plane crashes noyone can find the pilot. At this point they all have to survive together. This book is also a survival book everyone has to survive harsh temperatures and try to stay alive.
May 28, 2022
I reread this book after reading it in 7th grade and I'm not sure if it is my level of reading because I wasn't thrilled and didn't find a connection with characters. I kept reading it, like one of those horror movies that you don't know if you should be watching... I just think this book suits younger people best because I found the main characters boring. One golden line I found was "The twigs crunched like broken cartilage," 177. I think this book is more appropriate towards my 7th grade self.
September 16, 2022
I liked this book I would recommend it to a friend. It is good for people that like to read action books. The reason I liked it is because the book has a little drama in it and action.
SPOILERS
This book is about the group of teen tv stars that got in a plane crash. They have a little to survive abt the stuff you need to survive is in the plane. That also needs to figure out if they should stay at the camp or go walk and look for help. And they need to watch for planes.
SPOILERS
This book is about the group of teen tv stars that got in a plane crash. They have a little to survive abt the stuff you need to survive is in the plane. That also needs to figure out if they should stay at the camp or go walk and look for help. And they need to watch for planes.
January 2, 2024
This story is like The Hatchet by Gary Paulson. A group of students struggle to survive in the Alaskan wilderness after their plane crashes. I enjoyed the story and would have given the book 4 stars except the author left out important details to keep the book short. If the group had no shovels, how did they dig the 3 graves or the latrines? How did they get their food to survive. Whatever happened to Seldon? Was he found? Despite the omissions, however, the book is worth reading.
August 22, 2021
3.5 stars
Bit of a slow start. It was better once I got further along into the book.
Not sure why they didn’t spell out SOS on the beach?! Seems like one of the first things to do so that rescuers know where they are!
It was a quick read.
Bit of a slow start. It was better once I got further along into the book.
Not sure why they didn’t spell out SOS on the beach?! Seems like one of the first things to do so that rescuers know where they are!
It was a quick read.
November 19, 2017
A nice adventure/survival novel for young readers.
January 13, 2022
Meh. Read it with my students and we thought it had more potential to be exciting than it was.
December 26, 2022
I dreaded reading this. uhm, pretty cliché.
May 18, 2025
Rather intense book about a crew of teens and a couple of adults whose plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness. The story is fast-paced and sprinkled with actual survival tips.
March 16, 2017
This book is written well. It gives details on all of the series of events. The author showed details on how they crashed and how they got out. In the end i didn't really like it because i wish it went to a sequal and kept having them try and survive and get saved and have the ending go into their lives after they got saved
January 10, 2018
The name of my book is crash by Joseph Monninger. This book leads the reader into a quest for survival deep in Alaska.
This book is fiction and mostly told in first person. It has an exciting tone and a suspenseful throughout. Surviving and finding help is the main conflict.
Stranded in Alaska, in the middle of nowhere, the junior action news team crash lands in the Alaskan backwoods, with limited knowledge, materials, tools, and time. With the pilot dead and little knowledge of where they are, they decide to salvage the plane and build shelter. They call their place "Camp Lollipop", due to the finding of a bag of lollipops in the plane. When they start waking up to coyote tracks in the sand and the air getting colder, the group fears that their chances of survival are diminishing.
I thought this book was very good, it was suspenseful and intriguing and kept me reading to find out what happens next. The author is very strong in description and dialogue, so much so, that I felt like I was there. I learned that having odd things packed, such as lollipops, could come in handy.
I would recommend this book to anybody who likes action, adventure, suspense, and survival. I loved this book and I think that others will too.
This book is fiction and mostly told in first person. It has an exciting tone and a suspenseful throughout. Surviving and finding help is the main conflict.
Stranded in Alaska, in the middle of nowhere, the junior action news team crash lands in the Alaskan backwoods, with limited knowledge, materials, tools, and time. With the pilot dead and little knowledge of where they are, they decide to salvage the plane and build shelter. They call their place "Camp Lollipop", due to the finding of a bag of lollipops in the plane. When they start waking up to coyote tracks in the sand and the air getting colder, the group fears that their chances of survival are diminishing.
I thought this book was very good, it was suspenseful and intriguing and kept me reading to find out what happens next. The author is very strong in description and dialogue, so much so, that I felt like I was there. I learned that having odd things packed, such as lollipops, could come in handy.
I would recommend this book to anybody who likes action, adventure, suspense, and survival. I loved this book and I think that others will too.
January 2, 2017
Title: Stay Alive #1: Crash
Author: Joseph Monninger
Published: 1-7-2014
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 213
Genre: Children's Fiction
Sub Genre: Suspense; Adventure; Survival
ISBN: 13: 9780545563482
ASIN: B00ED05DF0
Reviewer: DelAnne
Reviewed For: NetGalley
Rating: 4.75
I received a copy of Stay Alive 1 - Crash from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.
Description From The Publisher:
Stranded in the middle of nowhere, you have to fight to survive!
When the members of Junior Action News Team crash land in the Alaskan backwoods, one thing is clear: not everyone is going to survive. No cell phones. No internet. Their supplies are limited, as is their knowledge of the wilderness. Part of the group wants to wait it out. Other wants to search for help. But above all they must stay alive!
My Review:
Read the title, see the cover and scan the blurb. Afterwards you will not want to put this book down. My nephew Michael (age 12) chose this book for us to share after I told him I had it to review. He, his brother Josh (age 9) and cousin Tara (age 11) each got a copy and so our adventure began. As is custom in my family of readers I have the younger readers choose a book and then we talk on the phone or the come visit and we discuss the book. "Stay Alive #1 - Crash was a success for all of them. Josh and Tara claimed the groups pooling together for survival was the best part of the story. Michael liked the tips and the ever changing point of view so that you learned a little bit about all the people in the book. I in turn enjoyed listening to them as they discussed the book with me on the phone. As my family is spread across the country, books are a way of keeping us connected.
Thanks to Scholastic for a series that encourage young readers to spread the wings of their imagination and fly. My rating of "Stay Alive #1 - Crash" is 4.75 out of 5 stars.
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Author: Joseph Monninger
Published: 1-7-2014
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 213
Genre: Children's Fiction
Sub Genre: Suspense; Adventure; Survival
ISBN: 13: 9780545563482
ASIN: B00ED05DF0
Reviewer: DelAnne
Reviewed For: NetGalley
Rating: 4.75
I received a copy of Stay Alive 1 - Crash from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.
Description From The Publisher:
Stranded in the middle of nowhere, you have to fight to survive!
When the members of Junior Action News Team crash land in the Alaskan backwoods, one thing is clear: not everyone is going to survive. No cell phones. No internet. Their supplies are limited, as is their knowledge of the wilderness. Part of the group wants to wait it out. Other wants to search for help. But above all they must stay alive!
My Review:
Read the title, see the cover and scan the blurb. Afterwards you will not want to put this book down. My nephew Michael (age 12) chose this book for us to share after I told him I had it to review. He, his brother Josh (age 9) and cousin Tara (age 11) each got a copy and so our adventure began. As is custom in my family of readers I have the younger readers choose a book and then we talk on the phone or the come visit and we discuss the book. "Stay Alive #1 - Crash was a success for all of them. Josh and Tara claimed the groups pooling together for survival was the best part of the story. Michael liked the tips and the ever changing point of view so that you learned a little bit about all the people in the book. I in turn enjoyed listening to them as they discussed the book with me on the phone. As my family is spread across the country, books are a way of keeping us connected.
Thanks to Scholastic for a series that encourage young readers to spread the wings of their imagination and fly. My rating of "Stay Alive #1 - Crash" is 4.75 out of 5 stars.
Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ED05DF0/...
Barnes and Noble link: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/stay-...
GoodReads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
The Reading Room link: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
June 9, 2017
A plane full of teenagers crashes in the Alaska wilderness with winter coming on quickly.
Fast paced, with a lot of action, the only thing I didn't like about this book was the quick point of view changes which sometimes got confusing. Otherwise you had an exciting story, that I really didn't want to put down - which makes this the perfect story for those who struggle with reading and need encouragement to pick up a book.
Deaths are handled...strangely to where you're really not altogether sure that someone has died until pages later and they're just not there anymore. I wonder a little about that, as given the age range of the characters, that the author was trying too hard to not scare them unnecessarily, when we've seen other authors in the past handle death in novels with great honesty. This is one of my pet peeves, because I truly feel that especially books aimed at older children and teens, we can trust them with a lot more than we do.
And it would have brought a certain amount of emotional connection to the reader, which was sorely lacking.
The problem with having so many point of view characters in one book, is that it's hard to connect to someone. I really wished that this book was much longer, and had a tighter focus on a handful. E was great, and I really wanted to get to know her better. There were others there that we didn't explore anywhere deeply enough.
Overall, I think the problems were not that severe, and that this was a good book, with some great survival tips. Things ended abruptly though, and here again I wished that this book was much longer (or a series in its own right) so we could have seen how the end played out in much more detail. Also, we never did get to see how the dog contributed or if he did. So much lacking!
Can we give this author a publisher that will allow for a nice fat book? Please?
So where does the fault lie then? The author wrote this very tightly. I think the problem came in word count, and having way too ambitious a story for the space allowed. I'll read other books by Joseph MonningerJoseph Monninger. I'd give this one 3.5 stars, but will round it up just because I love a good survival story so much.
Fast paced, with a lot of action, the only thing I didn't like about this book was the quick point of view changes which sometimes got confusing. Otherwise you had an exciting story, that I really didn't want to put down - which makes this the perfect story for those who struggle with reading and need encouragement to pick up a book.
Deaths are handled...strangely to where you're really not altogether sure that someone has died until pages later and they're just not there anymore. I wonder a little about that, as given the age range of the characters, that the author was trying too hard to not scare them unnecessarily, when we've seen other authors in the past handle death in novels with great honesty. This is one of my pet peeves, because I truly feel that especially books aimed at older children and teens, we can trust them with a lot more than we do.
And it would have brought a certain amount of emotional connection to the reader, which was sorely lacking.
The problem with having so many point of view characters in one book, is that it's hard to connect to someone. I really wished that this book was much longer, and had a tighter focus on a handful. E was great, and I really wanted to get to know her better. There were others there that we didn't explore anywhere deeply enough.
Overall, I think the problems were not that severe, and that this was a good book, with some great survival tips. Things ended abruptly though, and here again I wished that this book was much longer (or a series in its own right) so we could have seen how the end played out in much more detail. Also, we never did get to see how the dog contributed or if he did. So much lacking!
Can we give this author a publisher that will allow for a nice fat book? Please?
So where does the fault lie then? The author wrote this very tightly. I think the problem came in word count, and having way too ambitious a story for the space allowed. I'll read other books by Joseph MonningerJoseph Monninger. I'd give this one 3.5 stars, but will round it up just because I love a good survival story so much.
May 27, 2015
Summary
There was a plane full of Junior Action News Team they was heading to Alaska. Then something went wrong in the plane and it crashed in the Alaskan backwoods. The plane was caught by vines and branches so it was hanging over knee deep water. They were all passed out and then a day went by and they woke up and some of them were missing and one person herd someone yelling and looked out of the open door and saw all of the missing people that fell out of the plane during the crash.
Some of the people in the plane died and some that fell out of the plane. All together was three people that died. They all got out safe and they made fire and a girl almost got lost. They had limited supplies like food and clothes. Some of them got sick but they lived. A few days went by and they never fond help. Then two days later they found help.
Main characters
Jill was a girl and she was the girl that got lost in the woods. She is not a country person she was more city person. She is clumsy and dumb. Jill had a twin sister named jenky se was the one that fell out of the plane and died.
Titus was a boy. He was the very smart one he knew everything about everything. He is strong and cool. He had a dag
Setting
The setting of the book was in the Alaskan backwoods. And it ended at a small town in Alaska. It was warm in the day. It was cold in the night. Some of them only had t-shirt and shorts.
Conflict
There was two groups and the first group wanted to go and wait for help. The second group wanted to stay and wait for help. They were fighting so they split in to two groups.
Resolution of conflict
The group first group found help. The group that got help went to get the other group.
At the end they live haply ever after.
Opinion
I would give this 3 out of 6 stars. Because it was not my type of book. It looked good but it was not.
Recommendation
I would recommend this book to people that like bad books. I would also recommend this book to someone that likes disaster books.
There was a plane full of Junior Action News Team they was heading to Alaska. Then something went wrong in the plane and it crashed in the Alaskan backwoods. The plane was caught by vines and branches so it was hanging over knee deep water. They were all passed out and then a day went by and they woke up and some of them were missing and one person herd someone yelling and looked out of the open door and saw all of the missing people that fell out of the plane during the crash.
Some of the people in the plane died and some that fell out of the plane. All together was three people that died. They all got out safe and they made fire and a girl almost got lost. They had limited supplies like food and clothes. Some of them got sick but they lived. A few days went by and they never fond help. Then two days later they found help.
Main characters
Jill was a girl and she was the girl that got lost in the woods. She is not a country person she was more city person. She is clumsy and dumb. Jill had a twin sister named jenky se was the one that fell out of the plane and died.
Titus was a boy. He was the very smart one he knew everything about everything. He is strong and cool. He had a dag
Setting
The setting of the book was in the Alaskan backwoods. And it ended at a small town in Alaska. It was warm in the day. It was cold in the night. Some of them only had t-shirt and shorts.
Conflict
There was two groups and the first group wanted to go and wait for help. The second group wanted to stay and wait for help. They were fighting so they split in to two groups.
Resolution of conflict
The group first group found help. The group that got help went to get the other group.
At the end they live haply ever after.
Opinion
I would give this 3 out of 6 stars. Because it was not my type of book. It looked good but it was not.
Recommendation
I would recommend this book to people that like bad books. I would also recommend this book to someone that likes disaster books.
July 6, 2017
They are a diverse group, to say the least, brought together by a television show. They are the Junior Action News Team and they are heading to Alaska to cover a story. Instead, they become the story as their plan goes down in the middle of nowhere and they must try to survive.
Titus, the Eagle scout, jumps in right away and takes charge. "Keep things orderly, keep to routines, establish rules even when there were no rules ... to do otherwise was to give in to the animal side of things, the impulse you felt to go running blindly through the woods like a startled deer." He organizes them into groups and they start building a camp. Paul, small and nerdy, becomes his trusted lieutenant. Then there's E, a minor celebrity, with more on the ball than most people give her credit for. Rounding out the group of kids is Web (the self-serving one), Suryadi (from Indonesia) and Jill, who has just lost her twin sister in the crash. The two surviving adults take a back seat to the kids, who have a better grasp on survival.
As winter starts to close in, the question becomes do they sit and wait for help to arrive? Or do they try to walk out? Though there have been a few planes fly over, their signals have not reached one yet. It's getting colder and the nights are getting longer. After much deliberation, it is decided that Titus, Paul, E and Sheldon (one of the adults) will try to walk out while the others stay at camp. Titus is driven to find help and will do just about anything, including making a decision that could cost him his life. "It was not good to concede even small defeats. Giving up could become a way of thinking, and you could not let it infect you if you were trying to survive."
Students of survival and adventure fiction should enjoy this quick read.
Titus, the Eagle scout, jumps in right away and takes charge. "Keep things orderly, keep to routines, establish rules even when there were no rules ... to do otherwise was to give in to the animal side of things, the impulse you felt to go running blindly through the woods like a startled deer." He organizes them into groups and they start building a camp. Paul, small and nerdy, becomes his trusted lieutenant. Then there's E, a minor celebrity, with more on the ball than most people give her credit for. Rounding out the group of kids is Web (the self-serving one), Suryadi (from Indonesia) and Jill, who has just lost her twin sister in the crash. The two surviving adults take a back seat to the kids, who have a better grasp on survival.
As winter starts to close in, the question becomes do they sit and wait for help to arrive? Or do they try to walk out? Though there have been a few planes fly over, their signals have not reached one yet. It's getting colder and the nights are getting longer. After much deliberation, it is decided that Titus, Paul, E and Sheldon (one of the adults) will try to walk out while the others stay at camp. Titus is driven to find help and will do just about anything, including making a decision that could cost him his life. "It was not good to concede even small defeats. Giving up could become a way of thinking, and you could not let it infect you if you were trying to survive."
Students of survival and adventure fiction should enjoy this quick read.
December 11, 2015
Have you ever flown in a plane? Did you know that there is an average of about 150 plane crashes a year? Could you imagine being on one of those planes? Could you imagine being stranded in the middle of nowhere not knowing if someone is looking for you or not? Think how it would feel if you didn't know if you were going to survive another day. Well that's exactly what The Junior Action News Team goes through in this book.
Seven kids and two adults are going on a trip to film a new episode for Junior Acton News. All at once they realize something is wrong. Luckily the pilot is well trained and knows that if they are going to crash he needs to try and put it in the water for a softer landing. Once he does what do they do from there? How do they stay alive? Will they get rescued? This book tells the story of this team's fight to stay alive.
I think this was a great book. It was very exciting. It has a strong and interesting plot. The author kept me wanting to read more. You never knew what was going to happen next.
There was one weak point. They never tell you what happens to one character. Once the book is over you never know where he ended up. The other tells you what happens to all the other characters but him. It bugged me not knowing. At the end of the book I want to feel satisfied and I didn't with him.
There are a few warnings in this book. There is a few violent scenes. They reference some gruesome things. If you do not like death then do not read this book. Other than that this book keeps it pretty clean.
I would recommend this book to anyone. It is a fun read. People of any age would enjoy it. It has great imagery along with thrilling action. So, if you like action, suspense, and a book with tension you will like this book.
Seven kids and two adults are going on a trip to film a new episode for Junior Acton News. All at once they realize something is wrong. Luckily the pilot is well trained and knows that if they are going to crash he needs to try and put it in the water for a softer landing. Once he does what do they do from there? How do they stay alive? Will they get rescued? This book tells the story of this team's fight to stay alive.
I think this was a great book. It was very exciting. It has a strong and interesting plot. The author kept me wanting to read more. You never knew what was going to happen next.
There was one weak point. They never tell you what happens to one character. Once the book is over you never know where he ended up. The other tells you what happens to all the other characters but him. It bugged me not knowing. At the end of the book I want to feel satisfied and I didn't with him.
There are a few warnings in this book. There is a few violent scenes. They reference some gruesome things. If you do not like death then do not read this book. Other than that this book keeps it pretty clean.
I would recommend this book to anyone. It is a fun read. People of any age would enjoy it. It has great imagery along with thrilling action. So, if you like action, suspense, and a book with tension you will like this book.
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December 7, 2014The crew of the plane had barely survived the plane crash after it landed in the lake. They are to far from civilization to get help so now they are using their resourses to survive the nights.
They have spent the night off of stuff they salvaged from the plane wreck. the crew has now found a trail of smoke in the sky and they move toward it hoping for civilization.
When they finally reach the smoke they find out it was just a piece of wood struck by lightning and they camp out there for the night. when one of the crew members goes out looking for food he finds an abandoned house but gets a eerie feeling about it...
now the crew is spending the night in the old abandoned house they found but when they hear engines approaching they think they have a chance of finally reaching civilization.
the men that approaching have guns and think they are terrorists who are bot supposed to be there but when they explain themselves they head back to the city and go there seperate ways.
They have spent the night off of stuff they salvaged from the plane wreck. the crew has now found a trail of smoke in the sky and they move toward it hoping for civilization.
When they finally reach the smoke they find out it was just a piece of wood struck by lightning and they camp out there for the night. when one of the crew members goes out looking for food he finds an abandoned house but gets a eerie feeling about it...
now the crew is spending the night in the old abandoned house they found but when they hear engines approaching they think they have a chance of finally reaching civilization.
the men that approaching have guns and think they are terrorists who are bot supposed to be there but when they explain themselves they head back to the city and go there seperate ways.
March 31, 2015
I think highly of this book. I think you should read this book for many reasons the main reasons are because it is action packed,adventure filled, and survival like.
First, like the book because it is survival filled. Even though they are a news crew they still have to survive. Even when they first crash, and get to land, they have to build a fire and collect as much wood as possible. Also, when they find out other people wont be coming for them. A lot of the survival has action within it, so that brings me to my next reason.
Finally, the reason I push you to read this book is the adventure in it. An example of a adventure moment in the book is when one of the character in it go's off and look for more gear and resources knowing it is dangerous to do this he does it anyway. Also when a girl go's running off in the woods and she is blinded by the darkness and the mosquitos in her vision.
I hope you will enjoy the book and want to read it.
First, like the book because it is survival filled. Even though they are a news crew they still have to survive. Even when they first crash, and get to land, they have to build a fire and collect as much wood as possible. Also, when they find out other people wont be coming for them. A lot of the survival has action within it, so that brings me to my next reason.
Finally, the reason I push you to read this book is the adventure in it. An example of a adventure moment in the book is when one of the character in it go's off and look for more gear and resources knowing it is dangerous to do this he does it anyway. Also when a girl go's running off in the woods and she is blinded by the darkness and the mosquitos in her vision.
I hope you will enjoy the book and want to read it.
September 21, 2015
Stay Alive: Crash by Joseph Monninger is a great book! The book has so much action and adventure in it. I can actually picture what's going onion the book like it's real life. The book is not a true story, but it definitely can be.Some people may not like "plane crash" kind of books, but I do! There are two more Stay Alive books, I hope to read them both in the future!
It was just a normal plane ride, until the engine failed and 11 people fell out of the sky in a small plane. The pilot was forced to crash the plane in a lake somewhere in Alaska. All of them thought they would be rescued the first or second day, but on the 17th day, they lost all hope. They need to stay alive until help comes. However, help is taking long. They may not make it unless someone goes for help.
I would recommend this book to whoever likes to read action/adventure kind of books. This book is non-stop action and very exciting. I can see a lot of people enjoying this book!
It was just a normal plane ride, until the engine failed and 11 people fell out of the sky in a small plane. The pilot was forced to crash the plane in a lake somewhere in Alaska. All of them thought they would be rescued the first or second day, but on the 17th day, they lost all hope. They need to stay alive until help comes. However, help is taking long. They may not make it unless someone goes for help.
I would recommend this book to whoever likes to read action/adventure kind of books. This book is non-stop action and very exciting. I can see a lot of people enjoying this book!
January 29, 2016
This is a lot like Hatchet with a group of kids instead of one boy. The group definitely doesn't all make it so this is not a feel-good, spirit-triumphs-over-all kind of read. One reason that I didn't give it a 4 star rating was that we never even find out what happened to one member of the party. The survival details and plans were fascinating and the group had the benefit of an Eagle Scout member, a bit of a cheat. I thought that Jill's emotional state didn't ring true. It was interesting to see how the adult characters approached the situation and what role they took up within the camp; they were actually the characters who seemed to change the most. I was really frustrated with the "epilogue" which didn't give us the after-story at all. Still, an entertaining read, entertaining enough that I'll try the second in the series.
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