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The Jedera Adventure
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In this, the fourth Vesper Holly adventure, our
heroine finds adventure in North Africa. |
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Alexander, Lloyd |
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J Fic ALE |
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Steal Away |
In 1855 two thirteen-year-old girls, one white and
one black, run away from a southern farm and make the difficult
journey north to freedom, living to recount their story forty-one
years later to two similar young girls. |
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Armstrong,
Jennifer |
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J Fic ARM |
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Man From the Sky |
In an almost foolproof scheme, a man parachutes
from an airplane with a large amount of stolen money, only to be
seen by a boy who has a reputation for seeing things in the
clouds. |
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Avi |
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J Fic AVI |
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Tracks in the Snow |
Erin and her science project partner Tiffany become
lost in the snow-covered Sierra Mountains when Erin leads them on
a trek to find her missing babysitter. |
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Bledsoe, Lucy Jane |
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J Fic BLE |
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Incredible Journey |
A survival story set in Northern Canada involving 3
animals--two dogs and a cat--and their lonely trek back to their
original home. |
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Burnford, Sheila |
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J Fic BUR |
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Just Tell Me When We’re Dead |
Two sisters and the runaway cousin for whom they
are searching on an island find themselves in an unexpected
adventure. |
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Clifford, Eth |
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J Fic CLI |
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Sees Behind Trees |
A nearsighted Powhatan youth hones his other senses
so well that a respected elder asks the boy to accompany him on a
dangerous quest. |
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Dorris, Michael |
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J Fic DOR |
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The Whipping Boy |
Every time Prince Brat, as he's know, annoys his
father or tutor, his whipping boy Jemmy gets whipped in the
prince's stead because it is illegal to hurt royalty. So when the
prince wants to run away one night and take Jemmy with him, Jemmy
plans to give his the slip as soon as possible. |
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Fleischman, Sid |
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J Fic FLE |
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On the Far Side of the Mountain |
Continues the adventures of Sam Gribley as he
carves out a life for himself on his mountain. |
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George, Jean
Craighead |
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J Fic GEO |
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Water Sky |
A boy is sent by his father to an Eskimo whaling
camp to learn survival techniques. |
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George, Jean
Craighead |
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J Fic GEO |
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The Music of Dolphins
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A feral child, raised by dolphins, is reintroduced
to human society. As Mila's knowledge grows, she uses her
newfound words to tell this thought-provoking tale. |
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Hesse, Karen |
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J Fic HES |
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The House That Sailed Away |
In a heavy rain Morgan’s house floats from London
to the South Pacific where he and his family confront cannibals
and pirates. |
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Hutchins, Pat |
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J Fic HUT |
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs.
Basil E. Frankweiler |
Two resourceful kids live for a week in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
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Konisburg, E.L. |
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J Fic KON |
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Tomorrow, When the War Began |
When Ellie and her
friends return from a camping trip in the Australian bush, they
find things hideously wrong--their families are gone. Gradually
they begin to comprehend that their country has been invaded and
everyone in their town has been taken prisoner. As the reality of
the situation hits them, they must make a decision--run and hide,
give themselves up and be with their families, or fight back. |
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Marsden, John |
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Fic MAR |
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Sparrow Hawk Red |
Thirteen-year-old Ricky, the Mexican-American son
of a former Drug Enforcement Agency man, tries to avenge his
mother’s murder by crossing over into Mexico to steal a high tech
radar plane from drug smugglers. |
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Mikaelsen, Ben |
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J Fic MIK |
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Lost in the Barrens |
Two boys lost in the wilderness of Northern Canada
must fight for survival. |
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Mowat, Farley |
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J Fic MOW |
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Climb or Die |
Thirteen-year-old Jake and his sister, Danielle,
who is one year older, know it is up to them to save their
parents, after they're all in a car accident on a mountain road. |
Myers, Edward
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J Fic MYE |
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The Fear Place |
When he and his older brother Gordon are left
camping alone in the Rocky Mountains, twelve-year-old Doug faces
his fear of heights and his feelings about Gordon—with the help of
a cougar. |
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Naylor, Phyllis
Reynold |
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J Fic NAY |
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Shiloh |
When eleven-year-old Marty befriends his neighbor
Judd Traver's dog, the boy realizes that Travers has been hurting
the dog and denying it food. Marty's family is too poor to afford
pets, but Marty cannot forget about the dog that he calls Shiloh. |
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Naylor, Phyllis
Reynold |
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J Fic NAY |
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The Black Pearl |
Young Ramon dives into a forbidden cave to collect
a fabulous black pearl that in time seems to bring a curse to his
family. |
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O'Dell, Scott |
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J Fic ODE |
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Brian’s Winter |
Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in
the author’s book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have
happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the
wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet. |
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Paulsen, Gary |
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J Fic PAU |
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What Could Go Wrong? |
A seemingly innocent plane trip from Seattle to San
Francisco leads 3 cousins into danger and a confrontation with a
gang of money launderers. |
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Roberts, Willo
Davis |
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J Fic ROB |
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Blair's Nightmare |
In this easily read adventure, David finds danger
when he tries to find his younger brother who has wandered off in
search of a phantom dog. |
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Snyder, Zilpha K. |
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J Fic SNY |
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The Bones in the Cliff |
Pete, a lonely and timid eleven-year-old who has
just mad friends with an adventurous girl named Rootie, hides out
on Cutlass Island with his alcoholic father waiting for the gunman
his father fears will kill him. |
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Stevenson, James |
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J Fic STE |
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A Sunburned Prayer |
When eleven-year-old Eloy resolves to walk the
sixteen-mile pilgrimage to the New Mexico shrine of Santuario de
Chimayo, he hopes it will keep his beloved grandmother from dying. |
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Talbert, Marc |
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J Fic TAY |
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The Cay |
A blinded boy and an old black sailor are
shipwrecked on a coral island. |
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Taylor, Theodore |
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J Fic TAY |
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