Books like Stranded by Ben Mikaelsen

After a Cessna crash leaves teenage Brian Robinson alone in the Canadian wilderness, he must learn to survive, uncovering self-reliance and resilience amid a harsh, beautiful landscape.

A solitary Chumash girl is left on San Nicolas Island and must learn to survive alone, mastering skills traditionally reserved for men while facing danger, hunger and loneliness.

A young boy spends a year alone in the Catskill Mountains, learning wilderness survival, relying on nature and animal friends, and ultimately discovering that he cannot thrive without human companionship.

A thirteen‑year‑old Inuit girl named Julie leaves home, is lost in Alaska’s tundra, and must survive by learning from the wolves that join her, while defying expectations of her people.

Geronimo Stilton and friends visit the Bay of Whales, discover pollution, help a stranded white whale, and declare the area a protected marine park.

A modern boy actor travels back to 1599 London, where he learns to perform in the original Globe Theatre under William Shakespeare.

A 15‑year‑old boy, transformed by a 54‑day solo wilderness survival, volunteers for another solo trek to help scientists study the psychology of endurance and self‑reliance.

Paul, a nearly blind twelve‑year‑old, moves with his family to Tangerine, Florida, where acceptance and friendship help him confront the past that damaged his sight.

During the eighteenth century in Maine, a young boy is left alone to guard his family's wilderness home and must learn survival skills from local Indians before anyone else arrives.

Emma and her dog Nemo stumble upon a baby whale stranded on the beach of their old whaling town, and she takes it upon herself to care for the animal and help it return to its mother.

A young girl's journey to London with her father, exploring the world of alchemy and finding her own strength and resilience.

When the girl Glashka dreams of whales singing with a magical music, her vision becomes a mission to free thousands of whales trapped in a frigid Siberian bay.

Gary Paulsen shares his rugged early life in northern Minnesota, where wolves, deer, and sled dogs shaped his family’s survival—culminating in his first run across Alaska in the Iditarod sled dog race.

A blind girl runs on Field Day in her first grade class.

Emily Elizabeth and her classmates embark on a school field trip where she seeks the help of her dog, Clifford, to rescue trapped whales.

When the Soviet Union invades its tiny neighbor Finland in November 1939, Marko volunteers to help the war effort. Even though his leg was weakened by polio, he can ski well, and he becomes a messenger on the front line, skiing in white camouflage through the forests at night. The dark forest is terrifying, and so are the odds against the Finns: the Russians have 4 times as many soldiers and 30 times as many planes. They have 3000 tanks, while the Finns have 30. But a tank is no help in the snowy forest--a boy on skis is. And the Russians don't know winter the way the Finns do, or what tough guerrilla warriors the Finns are. Marko teams up with another messenger, Karl. Gradually Marko learns that Karl's whole family was killed by the Russians. And Karl has a secret--he's really Kaari, a girl who joined up to get revenge for her family's deaths.From the Hardcover edition.

A tightly wound anthology of nineteen crime short stories, each exploring obsession, revenge, and psychological tension across diverse settings.