"Shades of THE HUNGER GAMES permeate a story centered around two courageous teens determined to buck all odds in an effort to regain their loved ones. But the true strength in any story lies not so much in its setting and events as in how the characters come across, come alive, and handle their lives—and it's here that ARENA ONE begins to diverge from the predictable and enters the more compelling realms of believability and strength....ARENA

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Discusses food supplies, population growth, agricultural advances, and natural resources as aspects of the world food crisis.

Seven men en route by air from iron mines in northern Quebec make an emergency landing in wild bush country and attempt to keep themselves alive for 40 days.

In hopes of doing their best trout fishing ever, two men instead become injured and stranded in the gorge of a dangerous river.

Discusses various types of pollution and their impact on insects, animals, fish, and birds.

When Alex gets lost in a blizzard in Alaska, he must fight for his life.

When a severe hurricane hits Texas, seventh-grader Izzy MacKenzie is in the wrong place.

Describes the everyday life and customs of various Plains Indian tribes during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in North America.

When two young strangers meet by chance on the day of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, they struggle to survive the terror of crumbling buildings, fire, looting, and chaos.