Great Escapes
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults
Picture Books
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The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd Highly Recommended |
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Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson Highly Recommended |
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Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Highly Recommended |
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The Greatest Skating Race by Louise Borden and illustrated by Niki Daly Recommended |
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A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman by David A. Adler and illustrated by Samuel Byrd Suggested |
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The Escape of Marvin the Ape by Caralyn Buehner and Mark Buehner Suggested |
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The Great Pig Escape by Eileen Christelow Suggested |
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Barefoot by Pamela Duncan Edwards and illustrated by Henry Cole Suggested |
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Going North by Janice N. Harrington and illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue Suggested |
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What Do You Do When Something Wants to Eat You? by Steve Jenkins Suggested |
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Labyrinths by Philippe Mignon Suggested |
Independent Readers
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow and William Stout Highly Recommended |
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Endurance by Alfred Lansing Highly Recommended |
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Charlotte's Web by E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams Highly Recommended |
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Turn Homeward, Hannalee by Patricia Beatty and Particia Beatty Recommended |
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Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop and illustrated by William Pene Du Bois Recommended |
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The Children's Homer by Padraic Colum and illustrated by Willy Pogany Recommended |
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A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer Recommended |
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Holes by Louis Sachar Recommended |
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The Wanderings Of Odysseus by Rosemary Sutcliff and illustrated by Alan Lee Recommended |
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Alicia by Alicia Appleman-Jurman Suggested |
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Peacebound Trains by Haemi Balgassi and illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet Suggested |
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The Journey That Saved Curious George by Louise Borden and illustrated by Allan Drummond Suggested |
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Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary and illustrated by Louis Darling Suggested |
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The Naming by Alison Croggon Suggested |
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Stella Louella's Runaway Book by Lisa Campbell Ernst Suggested |
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Escape! by Sid Fleischman Suggested |
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5,000 Miles to Freedom by Dennis B. Fradin & Judith Bloom Fradin Suggested |
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Escape Across the Wide Sea by Katherine Kirkpatrick Suggested |
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Letters from a Slave Girl by Mary E. Lyons Suggested |
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The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft by Cathy Moore and illustrated by Mary O'Keefe Young Suggested |
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Trouble Don't Last by Shelley Pearsall Suggested |
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Maria Von Trapp by Candice F. Ransom Suggested |
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South by Ernest Henry Shackleton and photographs by Frank Hurley Suggested |
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Lonek's Journey by Dorit Bader Whiteman Suggested |
Young Adult Books
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The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill Highly Recommended |
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and illustrated by Steven Kellogg Highly Recommended |
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No Picnic On Mount Kenya by Felice Benuzzi Recommended |
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The Great Escape From Stalag Luft III by Tim Carroll Recommended |
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Papillon by Henri Charriere Recommended |
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The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass Recommended |
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The Great Escape by Anton Gill Recommended |
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Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer Recommended |
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We Die Alone by David Armine Howarth Recommended |
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Rabbit-proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Recommended |
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Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain Recommended |
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Mila 18 by Leon Uris Recommended |
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The Greatest Escape Stories Ever Told by Darren Brown Suggested |
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Escape From Alcatraz by J. Campbell Bruce Suggested |
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Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper Suggested |
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On Wings Of Eagles by Ken Follett Suggested |
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The Special Forces Guide To Escape And Evasion by Will Fowler Suggested |
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The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz Suggested |
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Escape from the Antarctic by Ernest Henry Shackleton Suggested |