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21) Something wilder
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession . . . or much money in the bank. But Lily is nothing if not resourceful, and now uses Duke's coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the treacherous and storied red rock canyons of Utah. It pays the bills but doesn't leave enough to fulfill her dream of buying back the beloved ranch...
22) Northwind
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When sickness decimates his fishing village, an orphan named Leif flees north in a cedar canoe, journeying along a brutal but beautiful coastline.
23) Above the fire
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Laboring under a shared loss, Doug and his young son, Tim, set out on a late season backpacking trip through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. They find beauty and solidarity in the outdoors, making friends along the trail and falling into the rhythms of an expedition. But when reports of warfare and social collapse reach the ranger station, Doug--seeking to protect the only family he has left--withdraws even further into the backcountry"--
Author
Series
Moon apocalyptic novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a community of Anishinabe people, with their natural resources dwindling, needs to find a new home, Evan Whitesky leads a dangerous mission back to their ancestral home in the Great Lakes region, during which they encounter other survivors, some who thrive on violence"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Helen Carpenter can't quite seem to bounce back. Newly divorced at thirty-two, her life has fallen apart beyond her ability to put it together again. So when her annoying younger brother Duncan convinces her to sign up for a hard-core wilderness survival course in the backwoods of Wyoming, she hopes it'll be exactly what she needs. Instead, it's a disaster. It's nothing like what she wants, expects, or anticipates. She doesn't anticipate the surprise...
26) Hatchet
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
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Kids - Adventure Stories
Kids - Suggestions for Fourth Graders
Kids - Suggestions for Sixth Graders
Kids - Survival Stories
Kids - Suggestions for Fourth Graders
Kids - Suggestions for Sixth Graders
Kids - Survival Stories
Description
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce. Includes an introduction and sidebar commentary by the author.
Author
Publisher
Cobblehill Books/Dutton
Pub. Date
c1993
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized retelling of the true story of three-year-old Sarah Whitcher, who, in 1783, became lost in the woods of New Hampshire and was protected by a bear until her rescue four days later.
28) Getting air
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
After foiling a terrorist hijacking aboard their airplane, fourteen-year-old Jimmy, his younger sister, and two skateboarding friends crash-land the plane and try to survive in a forest wilderness until help arrives.
31) Haven: a novel
Author
Language
English
Description
Three men vow to leave the world behind them. They set out in a small boat for an island their leader has seen in a dream, with only faith to guide them. What they find is the extraordinary island now known as Skellig Michael. Haven has Emma Donoghue's trademark world-building and psychological intensity--but this story is like nothing she has ever written before. In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him...
32) Lord Grizzly
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
c1954
Physical Desc
281 p., [4] p. of plates : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1971
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
xvii, 173 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Description
A shy, lonely six-year-old wanders into the Canadian prairie and spends a summer under the protection of a badger.
Author
Series
Pete Montgomery thrillers volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 326 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A novel that takes place in the world of competitive horse show jumping offers a tale of murder and suspense involving a former NYPD detective, his grown daughter, and his missing ex-wife, who is either an innocent victim or a suspect.
Author
Series
Colter Shaw novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
THERE ARE TWO FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF SURVIVAL. #1: NEVER BE WITHOUT A MEANS OF ESCAPE. Allison Parker is on the run with her teenage daughter, Hannah, and Colter Shaw has been hired by her eccentric boss, entrepreneur Marty Harmon, to find and protect her. Though he's an expert at tracking missing persons--even those who don't wish to be found--Shaw has met his match in Allison, who brings all her skills as a brilliant engineer designing revolutionary...
40) Alabama Moon
Author
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st Square Fish ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
298 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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Description
After the death of his father, ten-year-old Moon leaves their forest shelter home and is sent to an Alabama institution, becoming entangled in the outside world he has never known and making good friends, a relentless enemy, and finally a new life.
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