To Joe who somehow survives life with me every day To Dad who needs only his smile to survive To Mom a true survivor Copyright 2011 National Geographic Society Library of Congress Cataloging in Publica tion Data Buchholz Rachel How to survive anything shark attack lightning embarrassing parents pop quizzes and other perilous situations by Rachel Buchholz p cm ISBN 978 1 4263 0774 4 pbk alk paper 1 Survival skills 2 Life skills I Title GF86 B83 2011 646 7 dc22 2010028045 The National Geographic Society is one of the world's largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations Founded in 1888 to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge the Society works to inspire people to care about the planet National Geographic reflects the world through its magazines television programs films music and radio books DVDs maps exhibitions live events school publishing programs interactive media and merchandise National Geographic magazine the Society's official journal published in English and 32 local language editions is read by more than 35 million people each month The National Geographic Channel reaches 310 million households in 34 languages in 165 countries National Geographic Digital Media receives more than 13 million visitors a month National Geographic has funded more than 9 200 scientific research conservation and exploration projects and supports an education program promoting geography literacy For more information visit nationalgeographic com For more information please call 1 800 NGS LINE 647 5463 or write to the following address National Geographic Society 1145 17th Street N W Washington D C 20036 4688 U S A PHOTO CREDITS 8 9 OTIS IMBODEN NATIONALGEOGRAPHICSTOCK COM 13 TOP LUIS MARDEN NATIONALGEOGRAPHICSTOCK COM 13 BOTTOM GALYNA ANDRUSHKO SHUTTERSTOCK 21 ANDRESR SHUTTERSTOCK 22 23 OAR ERU NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY NOAA 27 LEFT TRAVIS MANLEY SHUTTERSTOCK 27 CENTER GERT JOHANNES JACOBUS VREY SHUTTERSTOCK 27 RIGHT TATNIZ SHUTTERSTOCK 31 DANIEL BRIM YOUR SHOT NATIONALGEOGRAPHICSTOCK COM 41 BILL ELLZAY NATIONALGEOGRAPHICSTOCK COM 47 SCOTT KLEINMAN PHOTODISC GETTY IMAGES 51 BOTTOM GUOJIAN SHE REDUNK REDLINK CORBIS 56 BETTMANN CORBIS 57 TOP MICHAEL TRAN FILMMAGIC GETTY IMAGES 57 BOTTOM KEVIN REECE ICON SMI CORBIS 61 TOP LEFT IVAN PONOMAREV SHUTTERSTOCK 61 TOP RIGHT FOTOMAK SHUTTERSTOCK 61 BOTTOMI DIGITAL VISION 62 TOP MASA AKI HORIMACHV AFLO RELAX CORBIS 62 BOTTOM OTIS IMBODEN NATIONALGEOGRAPHICSTOCK COM 63 NASA NATIONALGEOGRAPHICSTOCK COM 64 65 DAVID DOUBILET NATIONALGEOGRAPHICSTOCK COM 69 TOP R MARTENS SHUTTERSTOCK 69 BOTTOM S R MAGLIONE SHUTTERSTOCK 79 ISLAND EFFECTS ISTOCKPHOTO COM 80 TOP DIGITAL VISION GETTY IMAGES 80 CENTER IAN SCOTT SHUTTERSTOCK 80 BOTTOM A COTTON PHOTO SHUTTERSTOCK 81 TOP FIONA AYERST SHUTTERSTOCK 81 BOTTOM DAVID DOUBILET NATIONALGEOGRAPHICSTOCK COM 89 MARTIN HARVEY CORBIS 90 TOP VINCENT GRAFHORST FOTO NATURA MINDEN PICTURES 90 BOTTOM BMCI SHUTTERSTOCK 91 TOP MICHAEL PATRICIA FOGDEN MINDEN PICTURES 91 BOTTOM CHRIS JOHNS NATIONALGEOGRAPHICSTOCK COM 99 ANDRÉ GONÇALVES SHUTTERSTOCK 100 AUDREY SNIDER BELI SHUTTERSTOCK 101 TOPI JAMES VAN DEN BROEK SHUTTERSTOCK 101 BOTTOM DMITRIJS BINDEMANIS SHUTTERSTOCK 111 BRAD TALBOTT LITTLE PLANET LEARNING INC 112 TOP LEFT MOGENS TROLLE SHUTTERSTOCK 112 TOP RIGHT LORI EPSTEIN WWW LORIEPSTEIN COM 112 BOTTOM STEVEN GIBSON SHUTTERSTOCK 114 115 JAMES P BLAIR NATIONALGEOGRAPHICSTOCK COM 140 PHISEKSIT SHUTTERSTOCK 156 LEFT OBJECTSFORALL SHUTTERSTOCK 156 RIGHT YUVIS STUDIO SHUTTERSTOCK 168 DIGITAL VISION 169 ARNOLD JOHN LABRENTZ SHUTTERSTOCK Visit us online at www nationalgeographic com books For librarians and teachers www ngchildrensbooks org More for kids from National Geographic kids nationalgeographic com For information about special discounts for bulk purchases please contact National Geographic Books Special Sales ngspecsales ngs org For rights or permissions inquiries please contact National Geographic Books Subsidiary Rights ngbookrights ngs org Printed in China 11 RRDS 1
IT'S ROUGH OUT THERE Sharks are circling and you have no idea what else is lurking nearby It's so easy to feel totally lost or like a wildfire is raging and you can't breathe You're seriously wondering if there's any way you're gonna survive And that's just school Welcome to your life where it seems like an avalanche of homework can bury you just as quickly as an ava lanche of snow and your first day of school might feel a little like crashing on a desert island you're alone lost and sweating way too much One day you might be run ning away from embarrassing parents the next killer bees And the ground rumbling underneath you Could be an earthquake could be that ginormous bully who lives next door Luckily we're here to help We've got all you need to know on how to survive just about anything From mean teachers to lion attacks getting dumped by a friend or surviving volcanic eruptions we've got you covered You got problems Who doesn't Life definitely can be a scary place But now you've got solutions AND HEY AT LEAST YOU RE NOT BEING ATTACKED BY Bears GRIZZLY
HOW TO SURVIVE NATURAL DISASTERS SURF S UPI CHAPTER 1 A Volcanic Eruption 10 CHAPTER 2 Your Most Embarrassing Moment 14 CHAPTER 3 A Tornado 18 CHAPTER 4 Braces 24 28 32 38 CHAPTER 5 Lightning CHAPTER 6 A Fight CHAPTER 7 An Avalanche CHAPTER 8 Embarrassing Parents CHAPTER 9 An Earthquake 48 CHAPTER 10 A Big Mistake 52 CHAPTER 11 A 58 Hurricane 42 HOW TO SURVIVE PREDATORS CHAPTER 12 A Lion Attack 66 CHAPTER 13 Cyberbullying 70 CHAPTER 14 A 76 attack Shark
CHAPTER 15 A Mean Teacher 82 CHAPTER 16 A Snakebite 86 CHAPTER 17 Gossip 92 CHAPTER 18 A Killer Bee Attack 96 CHAPTER 19 The Internet 102 CHAPTER 20 An Alligator or Crocodile Attack 108 HOW TO SURVIVE Territory UNCHARTERED CHAPTER 21 Being the New Kid 116 CHAPTER 22 Falling Through Ice 122 CHAPTER 23 The Popularity Contest CHAPTER 24 A Wildfire CHAPTER 25 Throwing a Party CHAPTER 26 A Blizzard CHAPTER 27 A Test CHAPTER 28 Being Adrift at Sea CHAPTER 29 Stressing Out CHAPTER 30 Being Lost in the Woods 126 132 136 142 146 152 158 164 CHAPTER 31 A Breakup 170
