Facing the Elements: Battling the Forces of Nature in Action and Adventure

Buck is the main protagonist of Jack London's novel "The Call of the Wild," and he leads the sled dog team through the harsh Alaskan wilderness.

Isla de Mona is the island where Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked in Daniel Defoe's novel "Robinson Crusoe."

Brian Robeson is the protagonist of Gary Paulsen's novel "Hatchet," and he survives a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness.

Andrea Gail is the fishing boat that is caught in a massive storm off the coast of Massachusetts in Sebastian Junger's book "The Perfect Storm."

Christopher McCandless is the young man who abandons his privileged life to travel across North America in Jon Krakauer's book "Into the Wild."

Santiago is the old fisherman who struggles to catch a giant marlin in Ernest Hemingway's novella "The Old Man and the Sea."

Mowgli is the boy who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle in Rudyard Kipling's novel "The Jungle Book."

Pi Patel is the Indian boy who is stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger in Yann Martel's novel "Life of Pi."

Mark Watney is the astronaut who is stranded on Mars after a failed mission in Andy Weir's novel "The Martian."

The Games is the annual event where tributes from each district are forced to fight to the death in Suzanne Collins' novel "The Hunger Games."

Erudite is the faction that values intelligence and knowledge in Veronica Roth's novel "Divergent."

WICKED is the organization that controls the maze and the Gladers in James Dashner's novel "The Maze Runner."

The Community is the name of the community where everyone is assigned a role and there is no freedom in Lois Lowry's novel "The Giver."

The One Ring is the ring that Sauron created to rule Middle-earth in J.R.R. Tolkien's novel "The Lord of the Rings."

Hogwarts is the name of the magical school where young wizards and witches are trained in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series.