Having escaped from their orphanage on a raft, Erin, January, and Mouse float down into another world of abandoned warehouses and factories, meeting a strange old man and an even stranger girl with webbed fingers and little memory of her past.
Kit’s Wilderness
by David Almond
F Alm
Thirteen-year-old Kit goes to live with his grandfather in the decaying coal mining town of Stoneygate, England, and finds both the old man and the town haunted by ghosts of the past.
Beyond the Western Sea:Book One
by Avi
F Avi
Driven from their impoverished Irish village, fifteen-year-old Maura and her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait for a ship to America; their fates continue to intertwine on board ship and in the New World.
Beyond the Western Sea:Book Two
by Avi
F Avi
Maura and Patrick continue their adventure after escaping their home in Ireland as they face even greater peril sailing to the New World with their friend Laurence Kirkle.
Crisis in Space Apollo 13 *
by Mark Beyer
629.65 Bey
Recounts the events related to the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission and how the crew and mission control handled the in-flight crisis.
The Edge
by Ben Bo
F Bo
A teenaged gang member accused of various crimes finds redemption working and snowboarding at a ski lodge in the mountains surrounding Canada's Glacier National Park.
Skullcrack
by Ben Bo
F Bo
Jonah, a troubled boy who escapes from his dreary life with an alcoholic father by surfing on the coast of Ireland, discovers that he has a twin sister with whom he has an unusual mental link.
The Dark Pond
by Joseph Bruchac
F Bru
After he feels a mysterious pull drawing him toward the dark, shadowy pond in the woods, Arnie looks to old Native American tales for guidance about the dangerous monster lurking in the water.
Adrift
by Steven Callahan
910.4 Cal
Introduces the sailing enthusiast and boat designer, Steven Callahan, who struggled to survive after his small sailboat, the "Napoleon Solo," sank into the Atlantic Ocean.
Adrift at Sea*
by Holly Cefrey
910.9 Cef
Introduces the sailing enthusiast and boat designer, Steven Callahan, who struggled to survive after his small sailboat, the Napolean Solo, sank into the Atlantic Ocean.
Death at Their Heels
by Margaret Goff Clark
F Cla
When his older stepbrother takes him on a camping trip to Algonquin Park in Canada, Denny is unaware they are fleeing from a murderer.
Alvin Journeyman
by Orson Scott Card
PB Car
Now a grown man and a journeyman smith, Alvin has returned to his family in the town of Vigor Church. He will share in their isolation, work as a blacksmith, and try to teach anyone who wishes to learn the knack of being a Maker. For Alvin has had a vision of the Crystal City he will build, and he knows that he cannot build it alone.
The Crystal City
by Orson Scott Card
F Car
Book 6 of the Alvin Maker series. Charms and beseeching, hexes and potions, all have a place in the lives of the people of this world. Dowsers find water, the second sight warns of dangers to come, and a torch can read a person's future--or their hearts.
Heartfire
by Orson Scott Card
PB Car
Book 5 of the Alvin Maker Tales. Peggy is a Torch, able to see the fire burning in each person's heart. From the moment of Alvin Maker's birth, she has protected him. Now they are married. But Alvin's destiny has taken them on separate journeys. Only one slender path exists that leads through the bloodshed, and it is Peggy's quest to set the world on that path to peace.
Prentice Alvin
by Orson Scott Card
PB Car
Book 3 of the Alvin Maker series. Young Alvin returns to the town of his birth and begins his apprenticeship with Makepeace Smith, committing seven years of his life in exchange for the skills and knowledge of a blacksmith. But Alvin must also learn to control and use his own Talent, that of a Maker, before his destiny can be fulfilled.
Red Prophet
by Orson Scott Card
PB Car
Book two of the Alvin Maker Tales. In this sequel to Seventh son, Alvin Maker, the seventh son of a seventh son, learns about the land and its chosen people in an America that might have been..
Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer
F Col
Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a most ingenious criminal mastermind, and heir to the Fowl family empire, a centuries-old clan of underworld figures and famous con artists. When Artemis kidnaps Holly Short, one of the Fairy People, to help him on his quest for gold, he takes on a Fairy world determined to rescue Holly.
Artemis Fowl: the Arctic Incident
by Eoin Colfer
F Col
In order to free his father from the Russian Mafiya, Artemis must join forces with the fairy police and his familiar nemesis, Captain Holly Short.
Artemis Fowl: the Eternity Code
by Eoin Colfer
PB Col
The resourceful young criminal mastermind, Artemis, steals fairy technology, constructs a super - computer, and saves the life of his bodyguard.
The Supernaturalist
by Eoin Colfer
PB Col
In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from his abusive orphanage and teams up with three other people who share his ability to see supernatural creatures.
The Wish List
by Eoin Colfer
F Col
Meg Finn is in trouble. She's dead, but not at peace. She's in Limbo, her good deeds perfectly balanced against her bad deeds. Heaven or hell wait a tip of the scale away.
Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
by Eoin Colfer
Pb Col
Criminal mastermind, Artemis Fowl has no memory of the fairy people and his dangerous enemy, Opal Kobi, escapes from jail and is planning revenge.
Code Orange
by Caroline B. Cooney
F Coo
While conducting research for a high school biology report, a teenage boy unwittingly puts himself and others in danger.
Whale Talk
by Chris Crutcher
F Cru
Intellectually and athletically gifted, T.J., a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students.
The Whaleship Essex: True story of Moby Dick*
by Jil Fine
910.9 Fin
Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds.
The Shackleton Expedition *
by Jil Fine
919.8 Fin
Recounts the story of Shackleton's dangerous exploration of Antarctica under harsh conditions.
Julie of the Wolves
by Jean Craighead George
F Geo & PB Geo
Miyax, called Julie by her penpal, rebels against her family and runs away. Soon she is lost in the Alaskan wilderness and must survive with the help of a pack of Arctic wolves who have accepted her.
My Side of the Mountain
by Jean Craighead George
PB Geo
Thirteen-year-old Sam Gribley, whose hero is Henry David Thoreau, packs up and leaves home for the challenge of wilderness living. He feeds himself, builds a makeshift home, and learns to live in harmony with nature.
Escape from Memory
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
F Had
Allowing herself to be hypnotized, fifteen-year-old Kira reveals memories of another time and place that may eventually cost her and her mother their lives.
Bull Rider
by Marilyn Halvorson
PB Hal
Layne, desperate to follow in his late father's footsteps, wants nothing more than to become a bull rider, even with his mother's lack of support.
Silverfin: A James Bond Adventure
by Charles Higson
Pb Hig
This prequel to the adventures of James Bond, 007, introduces us to young James in boarding school in England.
Bearstone
by Will Hobbs
F Hob
A troubled Indian boy goes to live with an elderly rancher whose caring ways help the boy become a man.
The Big Wander
by Will Hobbs
F Hob & AB Hob
As he searches for his uncle through the rugged Southwest canyon country, fourteen-year-old Clay becomes involved with a group of Navajo Indians who are trying to save some of the last wild mustangs.
Down the Yukon
by Will Hobbs
F Hob
In the wake of Dawson City's Great Fire of 1899, sixteen-year-old Jason and his girlfriend, Jamie canoe the Yukon River across Alaska in an epic race from Canada's Klondike to the new golf fields at Cape Nome.
Downriver
by Will Hobbs
F Hob
Fifteen-year-old Jessie and the other rebellious teenage members of a wilderness survival school team abandon their adult leader, hijack his boats, and try to run the dangerous white water at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
Far North
by Will Hobbs
F Hob
When fifteen-year-old Gabe and his roommate Raymond become stranded in sub arctic Deadmen Valley, the boys from different cultures come to depend on each other for survival.
Jason’s Gold
by Will Hobbs
F Hob
When news of the discovery of gold in Canada's Yukon in 1897 reaches fifteen-year-old Jason, he embarks on a 5,000-mile journey to strike it .
Kokopelli’s Flute
by Will Hobbs
F Hob
Exploring the ruins of Anasazi cliff dwellings, Tepary Jones scares off thieves digging for artifacts and finds an ancient bone flute. As he blows, he unleashes peculiar powers that are beyond his control.
Leaving Protection
by Will Hobbs
F Hob
16-year-old Robbie Daniels, happy to get a job aboard a troller fishing for king salmon off southeastern Alaska, finds himself in danger when he discovers that his mysterious captain is searching for long-buried Russian plaques that lay claim to Alaska and the Northwest.
River Thunder
by Willl Hobbs
F Hob
Despite some reservations, sixteen-year-old Jessie joins her companions from the previous year's adventure on the Colorado River for a legal rafting trip through the Grand Canyon.
Wild Man Island
by Will Hobbs
F Hob
After fourteen-year-old Andy slips away from his kayaking group to visit the wilderness site of his archaeologist father's death, a storm strands him on Admiralty Island, Alaska.
Slake’s Limbo
by Felice Holman
F Hol & PB Hol
Thirteen year-old Aremis Slake, hounded by his fears and misfortunes, flees them into New York City's subway tunnels, never again--he believes--to emerge.
Eagle Strike
by Anthony Horowitz
F Hor
After a chance encounter with assassin Yassen Gregovich in the South of France, teenage spy Alex Rider investigates pop star and philanthropist Damian Cray, whose new video game venture hides sinister motives involving Air Force One, nuclear missiles, and the international drug trade.
Point Blank
by Anthony Horowitz
F Hor
Fourteen-year-old Alex Ryder continues his work for the British MI6, investigating an exclusive school for boys in the French Alps.
Skeleton Key
by Anthony Horowitz
F Hor
Reluctant teenage spy Alex Ryder, on a routine mission at the Wimbledon tennis championships, gets caught up in Chinese gangs, illegal nuclear weapons, and the suspect plans of his Russian host, General Sarov.
Stormbreaker
by Anthony Horowitz
F Hor
After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen- year- old Alex Ryder is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.
Scorpia
by Anthony Horowitz
F Hor
After being told that his father was an assassin for a criminal organization, fourteen-year-old Alex goes to Italy to find out more and becomes involved in a plan to kill thousands of English school children.
As far as the Eye Can Reach
by Elizabeth Kimmel
917.804 Kim
An account of the journey across the unexplored territory west of the Mississippi River undertaken by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the early eighteen hundreds by order of President Jefferson.
Ice Story
by Elizabeth Kimmel
919.8 Kim
Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition, when the ship the Endurance was crushed in a frozen sea and the men made the perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.
The Climb
by Gordon Korman
PB Kor
The youngest expedition ever to attempt to climb Mt. Everest has begun - - but trouble starts long before they reach the summit.
The Contest
by Gordon Korman
PB Kor
They came from all across America to be the youngest kid to climb Everest. But only one will reach the top first, and all that separates the living from the dead is chance, bravery, and action.
Dive: the Discovery
by Gordon Korman
PB Kor
Sharks, shipwreck and sunken treasure are found in the latest adventure trilogy.
Dive: the Deep
by Gordan Korman
PB Kor
Sharks, shipwreck and sunken treasure are found in the latest adventure trilogy.
Dive: the Danger
by Gordan Korman
PB Kor
Sharks, shipwreck and sunken treasure are found in the latest adventure trilogy.
The Summit
by Gordon Korman
PB Kor
Four kids are prepared to go into thin air in order to become the youngest person ever to climb Everest.
The Brave
by Robert Lipsyte
F Lip
Having left the Indian reservation for the streets of New York, seventeen-year-old boxer Sonny Bear tries to harness his inner rage by training with Alfred Brooks, who has left the sport to become a policeman.
The Chief
by Robert Lipsyte
F Lip
On the verge of having a shot at the heavyweight boxing championship, nineteen-year-old Sonny Bear finds himself with conflicting loyalties when trouble erupts on his reservation over the construction of a new gambling casino.
Warrior Angel
by Robert Lipsyte
F Lip
Native American boxer of the Moscondaga Nation, Sonny Bear must fight to retain his heavyweight championship title.
The Terrible Hours
by Peter Maas
910.91 Mas
True story of the 1939 rescue of the Squalus submarine stranded 300 feet below off the coast of New Hampshire.
Trial by Wilderness
by David Mathieson
F Mat
A girl survives a plane crash off the coast of British Columbia, and then faces survival in the wilderness, a feat which calls upon her courage, her endurance, and her skills.
Snow Bound
by Harry Mazer
PB Maz
Two teenagers caught in a snowstorm face a fight for survival in a desolate area.
Bloody Jack:...
by L. A. Meyer
F Mey
Reduced to begging and thievery in the streets of London, a thirteen-year-old orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British warship set for high sea adventure in search of pirates.
Touching Spirit Bear
by Ben Mikaelsen
F Mik & PB Mik
After Cole's anger erupts into violence, he agrees to a sentencing alternative based on the Native American Circle Justice, and is sent to a remote Alaskan island where an encounter with Spirit Bear changes his life.
Brian’s Hunt
by Gary Paulsen
PB Pau
Two years after having survived a plane crash into the Canadian wilderness, a sixteen-year-old returns to the wild to befriend a wounded dog and hunt a rogue bear.
The Car
by Gary Paulsen
PB Pau
A teenager left on his own travels west in a kit car he built himself, and along the way picks up two Vietnam veterans, who take him on an eye-opening journey.
The Crossing
by Gary Paulsen
PB Pau
Thirteen-year-old Manny, a street kid fighting for survival in a Mexican border town, develops a strange friendship with an emotionally disturbed American soldier who decides to help him get across the border.
Murphy’s Herd
by Gary Paulsen
F Pau
By leaving his job as sheriff behind, Al Murphy hopes to escape a life of violence, but he can’t.
The River
by Gary Paulsen
PB Pau
Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for 54 days, 15-year- old Brian is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival.
The Voyage of the Frog
by Gary Paulsen
F Pau & PB Pau
When David goes out on his sailboat to scatter his recently deceased uncle's ashes to the wind, he is caught in a fierce storm and must survive many days on his own as he works out his feelings about life and his uncle.
The White Fox Chronicles
by Gary Paulsen
F Pau
In the year 2057, endless war has torn apart the United States. Fourteen-year-old Cody escapes a prison camp and plans a return and rescue mission.
Millie’s Boy
by Robert Newton Peck
F Pec
An illegitimate son searches for his real father and encounters many adventures along the way.
Airborn
by Kenneth Oppel
Pb Opp
Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface.
Revenge of the Whale
by Nathaniel Philbrick
910 Phi
Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds.
The Tin Princess
by Philip Pullman
F Pul
In 1882 sixteen-year-old Becky applies for a tutoring job in London and becomes embroiled in assassination, intrigue, and dangerous politics in the small European kingdom of Razkavia.
Alive: Story of the Andes Survivors
by Piers Paul Read
982 Rea
On October 13, 1972, a plane carrying forty Uruguayans and a crew of five crashed in the Argentinian Andes. The sixteen survivors were not rescued until December 21. This book describes how they stayed alive, resorted to cannibalism and were finally rescued when two who left camp reached help
Jungle Dogs
by Graham Salisbury
F Sal
While worrying about the wild dogs that supposedly lurk in the jungle along his paper route, Hawaiian sixth grader Boy Regis also seeks to stop his older brother Damon from fighting all his battles for him.
Shark Bait
by Graham Salisbury
F Sal
Twelve-year-old Mokes is torn between obeying his father, the police chief in the small town of Kailua, Hawaii, and being with his friends who plan to go see a fight between an island boy and a sailor.
Frozen Stiff
by Sherry Shahan
F Sha
Cousins Cody and Derek take a kayak trip in Alaska and find themselves battling the raw elements of an untamed wilderness.
Dread Locks
by Neal Shusterman
F Shu
Accustomed to a carefree existence, fourteen-year-old Parker Baer meets the girl next door and finds his life taking a menacing turn as he begins to absorb some of her terrible powers.
Red Rider’s Hood
by Neal Shusterman
F Shu
After learning that there are werewolves in his city, a sixteen-year-old is even more surprised to discover the identities of the hunters who drove them out decades earlier, but he soon infiltrates the Wolves gang to help destroy them for good.
Zach’s Lie
by Roland Smith
F Smi
When Jack is befriended by the school custodian, he begins to adjust to his family's sudden move to Nevada after entering the Witness Security Program, but the drug cartel against which his father will testify is determined to find them.
Song of the Gargoyle
by Zelpha Keatley Snyder
F Sny
When mysterious men in black abduct his father, the court jester of Austerneve, thirteen-year-old Tymmon flees into the forest, where he acquires a strange animal companion and plots to rescue his father.
Scott O’Grady Behind Enemy Lines*
by Barbara A. Somervill
949.7 Som
Discusses the six days that American fighter pilot, Captain Scott O'Grady, survived behind enemy lines in Bosnia after his F-16 was shot down on June 2, 1995.
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
F Ste
While searching the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son, Jim Hawkins, find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune. Hawkins sets sail on board the ship Hispaniola to find the treasure.
Players
by Joyce Sweeney
F Swe
Eighteen-year-old Corey sees a threat to his dream of winning the basketball championship when he discovers that the new player on his team is a girl-stealing, friend-framing, team-destroying force of evil.
The Thief
by Megan Whalen Turner
F Tur
Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.
Memory Boy
by Wil Weaver
F Wea
Sixteen-year-old Miles and his family must flee their Minneapolis home and begin a new life in the wilderness after a chain of cataclysmic volcanic explosions creates dangerous conditions in their city.
Striking Out
by Wil Weaver
F Wea
Since the death of his older brother, thirteen-year-old Billy Baggs has had a distant relationship with his father, but life on their farm in northern Minnesota begins to change when he starts to play baseball.
Locked Inside
by Nancy Werlin
Pb Wer
Locked inside an empty basement cell, Marnie's cyber-adventure game playing has ill prepared her for this real-life dungeon.
Jon Krakauer’s Adventure on Mt. Everest*
by Scott P. Werther
796.52 Wer
Relates the 1996 experiences of Jon Krakauer, a writer for Outside magazine, as he joined a group attempting to climb to the highest point on Earth, the sumit of Mt. Everest.
The Donner Party*
by Scott P. Werther
979.4 Wer
Describes the journey of the ill-fated Donner Party, ninety pioneers who became stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the winter of 1846-47.
Dr. Jerri Nielsen …*
by Scott P. Werther
362.1 Wer
Recounts Dr. Jeri Nielsen's struggle to survive cancer while in Antarctica.
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