# 4th grade books about survival

**9** books commonly assigned to 4th grade students in US schools that explore survival. Every title's grade range covers 4th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Reading difficulty:** the typical 4th grade band is 740–1010L (Common Core Appendix A). Of the 3 titles here with a Lexile score, 2 are grade-level, 1 more accessible, and 0 a stretch.

**Grade:** 4th grade  ·  **Theme:** survival
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/grade/4/survival
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699

## 4th grade survival reading list

- [Code Name Kingfisher](https://readinglist.school/book/code-name-kingfisher) by Liz Kessler _(Grades 4–8 · pub 2024)_
- [Fever 1793](https://readinglist.school/book/fever-1793) by Laurie Halse Anderson _(Grades 2–8 · pub 2000)_
- [I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912](https://readinglist.school/book/i-survived-the-sinking-of-the-titanic-1912) by Lauren Tarshis _(590L · Grades 2–5 · pub 2010)_
- [Iceberg](https://readinglist.school/book/iceberg) by Jennifer A. Nielsen _(Grades 3–7 · pub 2023)_
- [Island of the Blue Dolphins](https://readinglist.school/book/island-of-the-blue-dolphins) by Scott O'Dell _(1000L · Grades 4–7 · pub 1960)_
- [Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens](https://readinglist.school/book/mountain-of-fire) by Rebecca E. Barone _(Grades 4–8 · pub 2024)_
- [Red Midnight](https://readinglist.school/book/red-midnight) by Ben Mikaelsen _(Grades 3–8 · pub 2002)_
- [Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe](https://readinglist.school/book/smack-dab-in-the-middle-of-maybe) by Jo Watson Hackl _(Grades 4–7 · pub 2018)_
- [The Wild Robot](https://readinglist.school/book/the-wild-robot) by Peter Brown _(740L · Grades 4–6 · pub 2016)_

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