These books are located in the fiction area of the children’s department. They are shelved by the author’s last name.

 

 

Appelt: Underneath 2008 313p.

2008 Newbery Honor

An old hound and two kittens with cruel owners endure separation and danger in their quest to be reunited and free.

 

Bell: Nick of Time 2008 434p.

Nick McIver is no ordinary boy! His life includes fighting pirates, beating Nazis at their own game, and traveling through time.

 

Byrd: Doc Wild and the Frogs of Doom 2009 186p.

Twelve-year-old Brian and his family risk their lives in a South American rainforest amidst a throng of alien frogs.

 

Couloumbis: Maude March on the Run!  2007 309p.

On the run with her sister Sallie, Maude is falsely arrested. The orphaned sisters flee, fighting to clear Maude's name.

(also: The Misadventures of Maude March)

 

Crisp: White Star: A Dog on the Titanic 2006 150p.

2008 Nutmeg Award nominee

Imagine you are lucky enough to be on the cruise of a lifetime. While on the trip, you explore the ship, meet a wonderful, heroic dog, and then end up fighting for your life.

 

Defoe: Robinson Crusoe

Adaptation of the classic tale of an Englishman shipwrecked for almost thirty years on a small isolated island.

 

DiCamillo: Magician’s Elephant 2009 201p.

When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene is told by a fortune-teller that his sister is alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures to find her.

 

Doyle: Everest 2011 204p.

As part of a group of young climbers trying to climb Mount Everest, the reader must make decisions that will ensure survival.

 

Esston: Outlandish Adventures of Liberty Aimes 2009 217p.

Ten-year-old Libby escapes her prison-like home, then tries to make her way to the boarding school of her dreams.

 

Evans: M.V.P.: Magellan Voyage Project 2008 231p.

2009 Nutmeg Award winner

Twelve-year-old Adam Story is challenged to become the first youngster to travel around the world in forty days without an adult.

 

Fardell: 7 Professors of the Far North   2004  217p.

2008 Nutmeg Award nominee

Eleven-year-old Sam and his friends set off for the Arctic to try and rescue seven professors who are imprisoned by a mad scientist. (also: Flight of the Silver Turtle)      

 

Garretson: Wildfire Run 2011 261p.

A faraway earthquake sets off a chain of disastrous events that traps the president's son, Luke, and his two friends.

 

George:  Julie of the Wolves  1972  170p.

A thirteen-year-old Inuit girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.

(Also: Julie’s Wolf Pack)

 

Giff: Nory Ryan’s Song  2000 148p.

When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan fights to save her family from starvation.

 

Golden: The Wild 2011 348p.

Seventeen-year-old Jack London makes the arduous journey to the Yukon's gold fields in 1893.

 

Gutman: Getting Air 2007 232p.

After foiling a terrorist hijacking, fourteen-year-old Jimmy and his friends crash-land the plane and try to survive in a forest wilderness.

 

Hahn: Hear the Wind Blow  2003  212p.

With no parents or home, a thirteen-year-old boy and his sister set out across Virginia in search of relatives during the Civil War. 

 

Hobbs: Wild Man Island  2002  184p.

A storm strands fourteen-year-old Andy on an Alaskan island. (see also other books by Hobbs)

 

Jacobson: Small as an Elephant 2011 275p.

Abandoned by his mother in an Acadia National Park campground, Jack tries to make his way back to Boston.

 

Kehret: Escaping the Giant Wave  2004 151p.

2008 Nutmeg Award nominee

An earthquake, a tsunami, and a hotel fire turn a dream vacation into a nightmare for Kyle and his family. (see also other books by Kehret)

 

Lawlor: Dead Reckoning  2005 254p.

Emmet, a fifteen-year-old orphan, learns hard lessons about survival when he sails from England in 1577 as a ships’ servant.

 

Lawrence: The Castaways 2007 243p.

Tom Tin and his mates find themselves aboard a formerly abandoned ship, and are taught to be sailors by two black-hearted castaways.

(also:  The Smugglers; The Bucaneers)  

 

London: The Call of  the Wild  1903  126p.

The story of Buck, a dog that is stolen from its family and forced into the harsh life of an artic sled-dog.

 

McCaughrean: Death-Defying Pepper Roux  2010 328p.

Having been raised believing he will die before he reaches the age of fourteen, Pepper Roux runs away on his fourteenth birthday in an attempt to elude his fate.

 

Morpugo: Kensuke’s Kingdom 2003 164p.

2007 Nutmeg Award nominee

When Michael is swept off his family's yacht, he washes up on a desert island, where he struggles to survive--until he finds he is not alone.

 

Neale: Himalaya  2004 153p.

Twelve-year-old Orrie and her older brother tell the story of a doomed mountain-climbing expedition in which they and their family attempt to climb Island Peak in Nepal.

 

O'Dell: Island of the Blue Dolphins  1960  184p.

An Indian girl is left to survive alone on an isolated island off the California coast.

 

Paulsen:  The Voyage of  the Frog  1988  141p.

When David goes out on his sailboat, he is caught in a fierce storm and must survive many days on his own.

(see also others by Paulsen)

 

Petersen: Wild River 2009 120p.

Twelve-year-old Ryan discovers a heroic side of himself when a kayak trip with his older brother goes horribly wrong.

 

Philbrick: Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg 2009 224p.

Orphaned twelve-year-old Homer has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother.

 

Pryor: Pirate Hannah Pritchard: Captured! 2009

Hannah Pritchard, masquerading as a boy, and her pirate crewmates discover treasure, but are captured and imprisoned by British soldiers.

 

Pyron: Dog’s Way Home 2011 321p.

After being stranded by a car accident, eleven-year-old Abby and her beloved sheltie Tam find their way back to each other.

 

Rhodes: Ninth Ward 2010 217p.

Twelve-year-old Lanesha and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and try to survive Hurricane Katrina.

 

Rodriguez: The Big Book of Adventure 2008 108p.

A collection of classic adventure tales, abridged and adapted for younger readers.

 

Rossell: Jack Jones and the Pirate Curse 2006 166p.

Jack learns to his dismay that he is next in line to inherit the Pirate Curse and is fated to spend his life running from a band of pirates.

 

Salisbury: Night of the Howling Dogs 2007 191p.

A boy scout troop in Hawaii finds its survival skills put to the test when a massive earthquake strikes, followed by a tsunami.

 

Shahan:  Frozen Stiff  1998  151p.

Cousins Cody and Derek take a kayak trip in Alaska and find themselves battling the raw elements of the wilderness.

 

Speare: The Sign Of the Beaver 1983 135p.

A boy alone in his family's 18^th century wilderness home is able to survive with the help of a local Indian tribe.

 

Sperry: Call It Courage 1940  95p.

The story of a youth who overcomes his fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his tribe.

 

Salisbury: Night of the Howling Dogs 2007 191p.

A boy scout troop in Hawaii finds its survival skills put to the test when a massive earthquake strikes, followed by a tsunami.

 

Stevenson: Treasure Island  1911  251p.

An innkeeper and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger.

 

Thomas: Blind Mountain 2006 117p.

Twelve-year-old Sam must take the lead down a perilous mountain when his carelessness temporarily blinds his father.

 

Torrey:  Voyage of Ice  2004  197p.

In 1849, fifteen-year-old Nick and his older brother sign on as crew members on the whaling ship Sea Hawk.

 

Williams: Titanic Crossing  1995 167p.

In 1912, thirteen-year-old Albert and his family are passengers on the ill-fated Titanic.

 

Wyss: The Swiss Family Robinson.  1812  377p.

Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family who create their own island world.

 

 

 

SERIES:

 

Anderson: “Pals in Peril” (gr. 4-8)

Follow the incredible adventures of friends Katie, Jasper and Lily.

 

Choose:  Choose Your Own Adventure”

 (gr. 4-5)  100p. 

You create the story - each chapter allows you to choose what will happen next. 

 

Duey: “Survival!” (grades 4-6)  160p.

Would you have the courage and determination to face such disasters as a blizzard, earthquake, fire or more?

 

Kidd: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow” (grades 3-6) 122p.

Depicts the early life of the character from the Pirates of the Caribbean films.

 

Korman:  “Everest” (grades 3-6) 137p.

They come from all across America to be the youngest kid ever to climb Everest. But only one will reach the top first.

 

Korman: “Island” (grades 3-6) 140p.

Six kids. One shipwreck. One desert island.

 

Korman: “On the Run” (grades 4-7) 160p.

Aiden and Meg Falconer have been all across country, looking for the man who framed their parents and sent them off to life in prison.

 

Maddow: “Survive! Story” (gr. 2-4) 65p.

Could you survive a blizzard? A shipwreck?

 

McNamee: “Navigator Trilogy” (gr.4-8) 350p.

Owen catapults into a time vortex where he meets a girl named Cati and her fellow Wakeful. Their eternal task is to fight the Harsh, a powerful ice people who upend time.

 

Paulsen: “World Of Adventure” (grades 3-5)  55p.

A kidnapping – a forest fire – a grizzly bear!

 

Stewart: “Far-Flung Adventures” (gr. 3-5) 225p. 

Pirates, menacing clowns, yeti and more in these wacky adventures.

 

MM1-2012