THE TITANIC—APRIL 14, 1912 Gavin Reilly is working in the Titanic's galley to earn his passage from Ireland to America. He can't wait to join his brother in New York. He has big dreams and bigger ambitions. Karolina Green is returning home to the States with her Aunt Rose after the death of her parents in England. She wants, more than anything, to mend her shattered life in New York. On a calm, clear April night their hopes and dreams turn into a nightmare—like those of hundreds of other passengers on the Titanic. Rich and poor, famous and unknown, the people aboard the Titanic find themselves at the mercy of a cold sea that even the greatest ship ever built can't conquer. Few will live to remember the disaster the world still can't forget—will Gavin and Karolina be among the survivors?

San Francisco—April 18, 1906Brendan O'Connor is delivering pastries to the bustling businesses and elegant hotels of San Francisco, dreaming that someday he will be a part of that life.Li Dai Yue is running from the isolated seciruty of Chinatown, distraught over the marriage her uncle has arranged for her.Chance throws them together on the day of the San Francisco earthquake.Can two strangers from such different worlds work together to survive the terror of crumbling buildings, fire, looting, and chaos?

When her cousin, Hadyn, vanishes near Estes Park, Colorado, in the middle of the sudden blizzard of 1886, Maggie is forced to risk her life to find him and bring him back to safety. Original.

In the midst of the Chicago fire of 1871, Nate is desperate to get back to his great aunt's boarding house but finds himself responsible for the safely of Julie, who is also separated from her family. Original.

For years, Garret and Molly have dreamed of seeing more of the world than cotton fields and the dusty poverty of their Mississippi Delta farms. They’ve been stashing away hard-earned pennies and nickels in a tin-can bank, hidden deep in the bayou. Now rising flood waters threaten the hiding place of their money, and they set out on their homemade raft to retrieve it. But the raging Mississippi has other plans, and suddenly Garrett and Molly find themselves in a deadly battle with the dangerous currents and roiling rapids of their debris-strewn river—fighting not for their life savings, but for their lives.

A brother and sister struggle to survive a harrowing trip across Death Valley—the most dangerous part of the Mojave Desert and the hottest spot in North America—in this riveting tale of historical fiction, part of the Survivors series. California, 1849: Jess, Will, and their father are in grave danger—separated from the rest of their west-bound party, their wagon is useless with a broken axle, and Pa is seriously ill from an injury that Will feels is his fault. In a valiant attempt to save their family, Will and Jess set off on foot over the endless sands to find help. Each day of their journey brings a new peril, but nothing more frightening than the constant, overpowering thirst that muddles their minds and threatens their very will to survive. With so much at stake, can Will and Jess win their desperate battle with the unrelenting desert?

When Liam's brother, Padraic, is too ill to work and may lose his job in the mines, Liam's friend Rory disguises herself as a boy and takes Padraic's place—only to find herself and Liam in grave danger when there's a cave-in.

After Jodi Jameson and the lion tamer in her uncle's circus escape from a train wreck, they find themselves in a battle for their lives on a trestle threatened by rushing water while frightened circus animals assemble all around them. Original.

Rebecca Hallam gets more adventure than she bargained for when her father's whaling ship gets caught in a hurricane and she must look to Joshua Lockwood, her father's young, indentured apprentice, for help. Original.

Sam Douglass, the son of a railroad worker and Carrie Vaughn, a fireman's daughter, must run for their lives though the blazing pine woods of an 1894 Minnesota forest fire. Original.