Escape From Books in Order

When Chernobyl’s reactor explodes, siblings Alina and Lev flee with their parents while friends and relatives remain behind. Their attempts to survive collide with official denial and a campaign to conceal the danger spreading through their community.

Two young East Berliners seek freedom in different eras of the Berlin Wall’s history. Alternating between its early years and its final months, their stories reveal the dangers of escape and the lives divided by the barrier.

As German forces approach Stalingrad, Artem and his friend Yuna help build the city’s defenses. When Stalin forbids civilians to leave and bombing reduces neighborhoods to rubble, the children face an increasingly desperate struggle to escape.

Living on Alcatraz with his prison-guard father, Chip Carter assumes the inmates pose no danger to him. Discovering an escape plot changes everything, especially when evidence suggests his own father may be helping the prisoners.

Orphaned Albie stows away aboard the USS Indianapolis to remain with his brother Joe. When torpedoes sink the ship, the brothers must survive exposure, scarce supplies, and sharks while waiting for rescue in the Pacific.

As Saigon falls, twins Malcolm and Violet reach the American embassy with their father, then discover their friend Bao’s family cannot evacuate. They venture into the fighting to help, risking their own chance to escape.