If you like Kid Nation, the TV show about the kids dropped off in a once thriving mining town but now deserted and instructed to build their own new world, you might like some of these books about other kids who are on their own in survival situations who must confront grown-up issues while coping with homesickness, peer pressure, the urge to break every rule as well as the urge to be the boss.
Find the stuff you're looking for in the Kids' Catalog.
